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==Writing Style==
 
==Writing Style==
 
Among the various narrative techniques employed by Juan Rulfo that make his works so successful, is his ability to capture the reader's attention by making his stories interactive. The ambiguity, chronological ruptures and lack of information provided in many of his short stories compels his audience to participate in the completion of the work as a whole.<ref>Nila Gutiérrez Marrone, ''El Estilo de Juan Rulfo'' (Bilingual Press, 1978 ISBN 0916950085 ISBN 0916950077)</ref> Rulfo's writing style can also be characterized by the complexity of the colloquial language found in his works. Many editions of Rulfo's publications, even those rewritten in Spanish, cannot be fully appreciated because it is difficult to translate the simplicity and brevity of many of his sentences, while maintaining the essence of language use that he intended to impart to his readers.
 
Among the various narrative techniques employed by Juan Rulfo that make his works so successful, is his ability to capture the reader's attention by making his stories interactive. The ambiguity, chronological ruptures and lack of information provided in many of his short stories compels his audience to participate in the completion of the work as a whole.<ref>Nila Gutiérrez Marrone, ''El Estilo de Juan Rulfo'' (Bilingual Press, 1978 ISBN 0916950085 ISBN 0916950077)</ref> Rulfo's writing style can also be characterized by the complexity of the colloquial language found in his works. Many editions of Rulfo's publications, even those rewritten in Spanish, cannot be fully appreciated because it is difficult to translate the simplicity and brevity of many of his sentences, while maintaining the essence of language use that he intended to impart to his readers.
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==Myth and Poetry==
 
==Myth and Poetry==

Revision as of 20:13, 2 June 2007

Juan Rulfo
Born
May 16, 1918
Sayula, Jalisco (Mexico)
Died
January 7, 1986
Mexico City

Juan Rulfo (May 16, 1918 - January 7, 1986) was one of Latin America's most admired novelists and short story writers. His most commendable achievement was having managed to revolutionize Mexican literature with only two publications. These two books were El Llano en Llamas (1953), a collection of short stories, and Pedro Páramo (1955), a short novel.

Early life

Writing Style

Among the various narrative techniques employed by Juan Rulfo that make his works so successful, is his ability to capture the reader's attention by making his stories interactive. The ambiguity, chronological ruptures and lack of information provided in many of his short stories compels his audience to participate in the completion of the work as a whole.[1] Rulfo's writing style can also be characterized by the complexity of the colloquial language found in his works. Many editions of Rulfo's publications, even those rewritten in Spanish, cannot be fully appreciated because it is difficult to translate the simplicity and brevity of many of his sentences, while maintaining the essence of language use that he intended to impart to his readers.

Pedro Páramo - Juan Rulfo
Total Number of Pages 123
Total Number of Words (Counting only the first sentence of every page) 1,265
Average Number of Words Per Sentence 10
La Regenta - Leopoldo Alas
Total Number of Pages 670
Total Number of Words (Counting only the first sentence of every page) 14,667
Average Number of Words Per Sentence 21
Cien Años de Soledad - Gabriel García Márquez
Total Number of Pages 343
Total Number of Words (Counting only the first sentence of every page) 8,804
Average Number of Words Per Sentence 25

Myth and Poetry

Short Stories

Later life

Bibliography

Select titles of Juan Rulfo's works.

Further Reading

  • Brotherston, Gordon. The emergence of the Latin American novel. New York: Cambridge, 1977. ISBN 0521214785
  • Detjens, Wilma. Home as creation: early childhood experience in the literary creation of Márquez, Yáñez, Rulfo. New York: P. Lang, 1993 ISBN 0820420557
  • Freeman, G[eorge] Ronald. Paradise and fall in Rulfo's Pedro Páramo; archetype and structural unity. Cuernavaca, Mexico: Centro Intercultural de Documentación, 1970 OCLC 262553
  • Harss, Luis and Barbara Dohmann. Into the mainstream; conversations with Latin-American writers. New York: Harper & Row, 1967 OCLC 224485
  • Kristal, Efraín. The Cambridge companion to the Latin American novel. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005 ISBN 0521825334 (hbk.) ISBN 0521532191 (pbk.)
  • Langford, Walter M. The Mexican novel comes of age. Notre Dame: Univ. of Notre Damee Press, 1971 ISBN 0268004501
  • Leal, Luis. Juan Rulfo. New York: Twayne (World Authors Series, 692), 1983. ISBN 0805765395
  • Luis, William. Modern Latin-American fiction writers: First series. Detroit: Gale Research, 1992 ISBN 0810375907
  • Peavler, Terry J. Structures of power: Essays on twentieth-century Spanish-American fiction. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1996 ISBN 0791428397
  • Rulfo, Juan / Pacheco, José Emilio, et al. Inframundo: the México of Juan Rulfo. 1983 ISBN 0910061149
  • Vital, Alberto, Juan Rulfo, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, México: Tercer Milenio, 1998. ISBN 9701814991
  • Vital, Alberto. Noticias sobre Juan Rulfo (1784-2003). Editorial RM, México, 2003. ISBN 9688520827
  • Vogt, Wolfgang. Juan Rulfo and the south of Jalisco: Aspectos de su vida y obra. GuadalajaraÑ Editorial Agata, 1994 ISBN 9687310502
  • Zepeda, Jorge. La recepción inicial de Pedro Páramo: (1955-63). México: Editorial RM / Fundación Juan Rulfo, 2005. ISBN 8493303674

See Also

  • Magic Realism

Notes

  1. ↑ Nila Gutiérrez Marrone, El Estilo de Juan Rulfo (Bilingual Press, 1978 ISBN 0916950085 ISBN 0916950077)

References
ISBN links support NWE through referral fees

  • Casillas, Magdalena González. La Sociedad en la Obra de Juan Rulfo. Jalisco: Secretaría de Cultura, Gobierno de Jalisco, 1998. ISBN 9706241698 ISBN 9789706241696
  • Marrone, Nila Gutiérrez. El Estilo de Juan Rulfo. New York: Bilingual Press, 1978. ISBN 0916950085 ISBN 0916950077
  • Mena, Sergio López. Los Caminos de la Creación en Juan Rulfo. México, D.F. : Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coordinación de Humanidades, Dirección General de Publicaciones, 1993. ISBN 9683630421
  • Ortega, María Luisa. Mito y Poesía en la Obra de Juan Rulfo. Bogotá: Siglo del Hombre Editores, Universidad de los Andes, 2004. ISBN 9586650723
  • Rulfo, Juan. El Llano en Llamas. Madrid: Ediciones Cátedra, 2004. ISBN 8437605121

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