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This is the page for daily questions (in English) for Lesson 22. XXth
Century, Post-modernism (continued): Asturias.
Lesson 21A. Miguel Angel Asturias
22-1. What characteristics of the literary movement the author belongs
to appear in this work?
22-2. What important facts do we know about the author's life?
22-3. How does the author reflect his political and social environment?
22-4. What motivated the author to write this work?
22-5 What is the author's style like?
22-6. What themes does Miguel Angel Asturias use in his stories such
as "The Legend of La Tatuana", and how did you react to them?
22-7. What is surrealism, and how does it appear in the works of Asturias?
22-8. What do myths tell us about a people? And specifically about the
Guatemalan Maya people?
22-9. What double symbolism does corn have in the works of Asturias?
22-10. What impact did the fall of Jacobo Arbenz in 1954 have on Asturias'
work? What role did the U.S. play in this process, and how does Asturias
see the United States?
22-11. Explain the meaning of the phrase "he was one of those priests
the white men would touch, believing them to be made of gold."
22-12. Explain the meaning of the phrase "the tree that walks".
22-13. What happened to the Merchant in the story? Do you think it was
fair?
22-14. How is nature presented in the work of Asturias?