Volume 08 Issue 01 January 2025
Tabassum Islam Nabanee
Lecturer Department of English Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore-7408, Bangladesh.
DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v8-i1-88Google Scholar Download Pdf
ABSTRACT
Juan Rulfo in his short stories has portrayed the historical period of the Mexican Revolution and its consequences on Mexico and its citizens as a witness of that time. His stories also present the impacts of the Agrarian Reform and Cristero Rebellion on the Mexicans, following the great revolution. This qualitative research explores Rulfo’s representation of the historical Mexican Revolution and the post-revolution period as found in his short stories. This paper intends to analyze the socio-political crises of Mexico during that period and its consequences on the masses, based on Mexican history and the author’s subjective experiences. The findings of this study highlight the tragic suffering of the helpless common people, the dilemmas of the revolutionaries, and the discriminatory socio-political situation during and after the historic Mexican Revolution, as presented by Rulfo in a number of his stories.
KEYWORDS:Agrarian Reform, Cristero Rebellion, discrimination, mass suffering, Mexican Revolution, socio-political crisis.
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