Abstract

SUAREZ TURRIZA, Tatiana. Península, península; Nineteenth Century Yucatán in the Memory of the Contemporanean Novelist. Lit. mex [online]. 2013, vol.24, n.1, pp.11-129. ISSN 2448-8216.

This paper analyzes the dialogue that the novel Península, península (2008) by Hernán Lara Zavala engages with nineteenth-century literary tradition, in particular with the work of Justo Sierra O'Reilly. It studies the "absorption" of the literary and historical tradition of the nineteenth century in the mexican peninsula, that the novel thematizes. It identifies some of the intertexts of the novel, which show the archival work behind it. The analysis takes the concept of "pastiche" into consideration, as the way this intertextuality is structured.

Keywords : historical novel; nineteenth century literature; memory; intertextuality; microhistory.