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.

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instanceOf Mexican novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptation Pedro Páramo (1967 film) ⓘ
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Pedro Páramo (1978 film) ⓘ
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author Juan Rulfo ⓘ
awardedRecognition regarded as one of the greatest Mexican novels ⓘ
centralCharacter Doloritas Preciado ⓘ
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 writers ⓘ
linked to: Latin American Boom
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
memory ⓘ
post-revolutionary rural Mexico ⓘ
power and oppression ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted post-Mexican Revolution era ⓘ

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Juan Rulfo → notableWork → Pedro Páramo ⓘ
Juan Rulfo → publicationYearOfWork → Pedro Páramo, 1955 ⓘ
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Juan Rulfo → wrote → Pedro Páramo ⓘ
Juan Rulfo → hasSignatureWorkStatus → Pedro Páramo is considered his masterpiece ⓘ
linked to: Pedro Páramo
Pedro Páramo → adaptation → Pedro Páramo (1967 film) ⓘ
linked to: Pedro Páramo
Pedro Páramo → adaptation → Pedro Páramo (1978 film) ⓘ
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Pedro Páramo → originalTitle → Pedro Páramo ⓘ
Juan Rulfo → notableWork → Pedro Páramo ⓘ
El gallo de oro → relatedWorkByAuthor → Pedro Páramo ⓘ
Pedro Páramo → mainCharacterOf → Pedro Páramo ⓘ
Pedro Páramo → appearsIn → Pedro Páramo ⓘ
Juan Preciado → protagonistOf → Pedro Páramo ⓘ
Juan Preciado → appearsIn → Pedro Páramo ⓘ
Juan Preciado → hasFather → Pedro Páramo ⓘ
Juan Preciado → firstAppearance → Pedro Páramo (1955 novel) ⓘ
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Doloritas Preciado → appearsIn → Pedro Páramo ⓘ
Doloritas Preciado → hasSpouse → Pedro Páramo ⓘ
Doloritas Preciado → partOfFictionalUniverse → Pedro Páramo fictional universe ⓘ
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Father Rentería → appearsIn → Pedro Páramo ⓘ
Father Rentería → firstAppearance → Pedro Páramo ⓘ
Father Rentería → subordinateTo → Pedro Páramo ⓘ
Father Rentería → fears → Pedro Páramo ⓘ
Father Rentería → moralConflictWith → Pedro Páramo ⓘ
desolate town of Comala → appearsIn → Pedro Páramo ⓘ
desolate town of Comala → governedBy → Pedro Páramo ⓘ
Comala → appearsIn → Pedro Páramo ⓘ
Comala → firstAppearance → Pedro Páramo ⓘ
Comala → notableResident → Pedro Páramo ⓘ
Comala → workTitle → Pedro Páramo ⓘ
Susana San Juan → appearsIn → Pedro Páramo ⓘ
Susana San Juan → firstAppearance → Pedro Páramo ⓘ