The Death of Artemio Cruz
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Death of Artemio Cruz canonical | 3 |
| La muerte de Artemio Cruz | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptation | radio adaptation ⓘ |
| author | Carlos Fuentes ⓘ |
| centralEvent | Artemio Cruz on his deathbed recalling his life ⓘ |
| character |
Catalina
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Padilla ⓘ Teresa ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Mexico ⓘ |
| explores |
formation of Mexican national identity
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relationship between personal memory and history ⓘ |
| followedBy | Aura ⓘ |
| genre |
historical novel
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modernist novel ⓘ political novel ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Mexican Revolution
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landownership and agrarian reform ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
William Faulkner
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modernist narrative techniques ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Latin American Boom ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | landmark of 20th-century Latin American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Artemio Cruz ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective |
first person
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second person ⓘ third person ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
fragmented narrative
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shifting perspectives ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of post-revolutionary Mexican elite
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innovative narrative structure ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
The Death of Artemio Cruz
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
La muerte de Artemio Cruz
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| partOf | Carlos Fuentes bibliography ⓘ |
| precededBy | Where the Air Is Clear ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| publisher | Fondo de Cultura Económica ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Mexico ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | post-revolutionary Mexico ⓘ |
| structure |
frame narrative around deathbed
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nonlinear timeline ⓘ |
| theme |
Mexican Revolution legacy
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betrayal ⓘ corruption ⓘ death ⓘ identity ⓘ memory ⓘ power ⓘ |
| timeSpanDepicted | from Mexican Revolution to mid-20th century ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
La muerte de Artemio Cruz