A Journey into the Mexican Past: Diego Cañedo, Follower of H. G. Wells
Palamás, Echevete y yo o el lago asfaltado (Palamás, Echevete and I or the asphalted lake), Mexican Diego Cañedo’s second novel (1945), elaborates the time travel to the Mexican past. The sci-fi theme of the novel sustains a social criticism, and imitates H. G. Wells’ The Time Machine plot. In this...
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| description | Palamás, Echevete y yo o el lago asfaltado (Palamás, Echevete and I or the asphalted lake), Mexican Diego Cañedo’s second novel (1945), elaborates the time travel to the Mexican past. The sci-fi theme of the novel sustains a social criticism, and imitates H. G. Wells’ The Time Machine plot. In this essay, the sociocritical part of Cañedo’s work is studied, on one hand, because it seems to respond to the social problems of the period 1934-1946; and, on the other hand, because the relations established with Wells’ novel. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b07aa605d8404926bfc459dd42d5023c2022-12-22T02:44:48ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghCatedral Tomada: Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana2169-08472022-01-0191722625110.5195/ct/2021.480227A Journey into the Mexican Past: Diego Cañedo, Follower of H. G. WellsAlejandro Arteaga Martínez0Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de MéxicoPalamás, Echevete y yo o el lago asfaltado (Palamás, Echevete and I or the asphalted lake), Mexican Diego Cañedo’s second novel (1945), elaborates the time travel to the Mexican past. The sci-fi theme of the novel sustains a social criticism, and imitates H. G. Wells’ The Time Machine plot. In this essay, the sociocritical part of Cañedo’s work is studied, on one hand, because it seems to respond to the social problems of the period 1934-1946; and, on the other hand, because the relations established with Wells’ novel.http://catedraltomada.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/catedraltomada/article/view/480novela mexicana siglo xxciencia ficción mexicanaviaje en el tiempo |
| spellingShingle | Alejandro Arteaga Martínez A Journey into the Mexican Past: Diego Cañedo, Follower of H. G. Wells Catedral Tomada: Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana novela mexicana siglo xx ciencia ficción mexicana viaje en el tiempo |
| title | A Journey into the Mexican Past: Diego Cañedo, Follower of H. G. Wells |
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| title_short | A Journey into the Mexican Past: Diego Cañedo, Follower of H. G. Wells |
| title_sort | journey into the mexican past diego canedo follower of h g wells |
| topic | novela mexicana siglo xx ciencia ficción mexicana viaje en el tiempo |
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