Pedro Páramo
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Pedro Páramo is a landmark 1955 Mexican novel by Juan Rulfo, renowned for its innovative blend of magical realism, fragmented narrative, and haunting exploration of memory, death, and rural post-revolutionary Mexico.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pedro Páramo canonical | 4 |
| Pedro Páramo (1967 film) | 1 |
| Pedro Páramo (1978 film) | 1 |
| Pedro Páramo is considered his masterpiece | 1 |
| Pedro Páramo, 1955 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2232958 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pedro Páramo Context triple: [Latin American literature, hasNotableWork, Pedro Páramo]
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A.
The Death of Artemio Cruz
The Death of Artemio Cruz is a landmark 1962 novel by Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes that uses fragmented, shifting perspectives to explore power, memory, and corruption in post-revolutionary Mexico.
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B.
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is a 2005 neo-Western drama film directed by and starring Tommy Lee Jones that explores friendship, justice, and redemption along the U.S.–Mexico border.
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C.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a short novel by Gabriel García Márquez that blends journalism and fiction to reconstruct a foretold murder in a small Latin American town, exploring themes of honor, fate, and collective guilt.
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D.
The Autumn of the Patriarch
The Autumn of the Patriarch is a novel by Gabriel García Márquez that portrays the surreal, oppressive world of a timeless Caribbean dictator through dense, lyrical prose characteristic of magical realism.
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E.
The Time of the Hero
The Time of the Hero is a landmark novel by Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa that exposes corruption and brutality within a military academy, helping to launch the Latin American Boom in literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pedro Páramo Target entity description: Pedro Páramo is a landmark 1955 Mexican novel by Juan Rulfo, renowned for its innovative blend of magical realism, fragmented narrative, and haunting exploration of memory, death, and rural post-revolutionary Mexico.
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A.
The Death of Artemio Cruz
The Death of Artemio Cruz is a landmark 1962 novel by Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes that uses fragmented, shifting perspectives to explore power, memory, and corruption in post-revolutionary Mexico.
-
B.
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is a 2005 neo-Western drama film directed by and starring Tommy Lee Jones that explores friendship, justice, and redemption along the U.S.–Mexico border.
-
C.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a short novel by Gabriel García Márquez that blends journalism and fiction to reconstruct a foretold murder in a small Latin American town, exploring themes of honor, fate, and collective guilt.
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D.
The Autumn of the Patriarch
The Autumn of the Patriarch is a novel by Gabriel García Márquez that portrays the surreal, oppressive world of a timeless Caribbean dictator through dense, lyrical prose characteristic of magical realism.
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E.
The Time of the Hero
The Time of the Hero is a landmark novel by Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa that exposes corruption and brutality within a military academy, helping to launch the Latin American Boom in literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mexican novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
Pedro Páramo
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Pedro Páramo (1967 film)
Pedro Páramo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Pedro Páramo (1978 film)
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| author | Juan Rulfo ⓘ |
| awardedRecognition | regarded as one of the greatest Mexican novels ⓘ |
| centralCharacter |
Doloritas Preciado
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Father Rentería ⓘ Juan Preciado ⓘ Pedro Páramo (cacique of Comala) ⓘ Susana San Juan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Mexico ⓘ |
| genre |
magical realism
ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
cacique
ⓘ
ghosts ⓘ |
| hasMottoOrKeyLine | Vine a Comala porque me dijeron que acá vivía mi padre, un tal Pedro Páramo ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
desolate town of Comala
ⓘ
heat and drought ⓘ voices of the dead ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
Carlos Fuentes
ⓘ
Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ Latin American Boom ⓘ
surface form:
Latin American Boom writers
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| literaryMovement | Latin American Boom precursor ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | considered a landmark of 20th-century Latin American literature ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
ambiguity between life and death
ⓘ
elliptical dialogue ⓘ stream of consciousness elements ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | multiple narrators ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | fragmented narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Pedro Páramo self-link ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 120 ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Juan Preciado travels to Comala to find his father Pedro Páramo and discovers a town populated by the dead ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| publisher | Fondo de Cultura Económica ⓘ |
| relatedWork | El Llano en llamas ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Mexico ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Comala ⓘ |
| structure |
interwoven voices of living and dead
ⓘ
nonlinear timeline ⓘ |
| theme |
death
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guilt ⓘ memory ⓘ post-revolutionary rural Mexico ⓘ power and oppression ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | post-Mexican Revolution era ⓘ |
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Subject: Pedro Páramo Description of subject: Pedro Páramo is a landmark 1955 Mexican novel by Juan Rulfo, renowned for its innovative blend of magical realism, fragmented narrative, and haunting exploration of memory, death, and rural post-revolutionary Mexico.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pedro Páramo, 1955
this entity surface form:
Pedro Páramo is considered his masterpiece
this entity surface form:
Pedro Páramo (1967 film)
this entity surface form:
Pedro Páramo (1978 film)