The Cost of Dreams of Utopia: Neocolonialism in Juan Rulfo's Pedro Páramo and Cormac McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses.

A literary criticism of the books "Pedro Páramo" by Juan Rulfo and "All the Pretty Horses" by Cormac McCarthy is presented. It explores the utopian visions of landscape by the characters in both novels through seeking Mexico as their ultimate destination. It discusses how the protagonists in both no...

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Publicado en:Confluencia: Revista Hispánica de Cultura y Literatura Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 152 - 171
Autor principal: Lee, Susan Savage
Formato: Literary Criticism
Publicado: Confluencia Fall2014
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