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“Vitzliputzli” von Heinrich Heine und “Huitzilopoxtli” von Rubén Darío. Korrespondenzen zwischen zwei Kosmopoliten am Beispiel eines mexikanischen Mythos

  • Barbara Dröscher
Published/Copyright: February 20, 2008
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From the journal Volume 42 Issue 2

Abstract

The Nicaraguan modernist poet Rubén Darío often refers to the German poet Heinrich Heine. Intertextual references, and similarities in the two poets' socio-cultural positions, constitute the point of departure for a joint reading of Heine's poem “Vitzliputzli” (1851) and Rubén Darío's narrative “Huitzilopoxtli” (1914). The two authors examine colonization and violence by means of demystification and deconstruction. Rarely examined passages show that with respect to gender, which seems irrelevant at first sight, the myth stays virulent and reveals not only the dynamics but also the limits of cultural encounters.

Published Online: 2008-02-20
Published in Print: 2007-12-01

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