Montag, 14. September 2009

02.12.2016 - M.A. Asturias2 and Guatemala etc...




dali48 and writing books and photographing "flora and fauna" etc...


07.09.2009 - Interpretation of dali48

Miguel Angel Asturias (1899 - 1974). Guatemalan poet, diplomat, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 1967 - Asturia's writings combine the mysticism of the Maya with epic impulse toward social protest - His most famous novel is El Senor Presidente (1946), about life under the rule of a ruthless dictator - Asturias spent much of his life in exile - because of his public opposition to dictatorial rule... - If you write novels merely to entertain - then burn them... - His father, who refused to take legal actions against antigovernment student demonstrators - and mother were forced to move to the town of Salamá - Their clash with the Guatemalan dictator Estrada Cabrera taught Asturias his first lesson in fighting oppressive forms of power! - After returning to Guatemala City with his family, Asturias became a sugar and flour importer... - The society of the novel is corrupted - evil spreads downwards from the ruler - Justice is a mockery - and army officers spend their time plotting or in brothels - El Senor Presidente (novel) utilized surrealistic techniques - it reflected Asturia's idea that Indians' nonrational perception of reality is an expression of subconscious forces - the collective dream of mankind... (M.A. Asturias, P.A.C.)


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