The «Hecho estético» is the act of being discovered and pulled from his resting place, bringing him to the modern human world. What does the line “El sabe de la inminencia del hecho estético” mean? His discovery ended up cursing Filiberto.
Le Plongeon was the one that «woke up» the spirit of the Chac Mool bringing him to the modern human world. How can we interpret Fuentes’ re-telling of Le Plongeon’s act? He made studies of several pre-Columbian archaeological sites, particularly of the Mayan civilization in the Yucatan Peninsula.» «Augustus Le Plongeon was a British-American photographer, antiquarian and archaeologist. Who was the Le Plongeon referred to on pg 5? How does what you find coincide and not coincide with the descriptions given in Fuentes’ story?īoth are scultures from the mexican culture made of stone with a humanoid indigenous figure, they differ mainly in the body position, color and face gestures descibed by Fuentes. «Type of sculpture typical of the Toltec and Mayan-Toltec culture, which represents a reclining human figure, with a container on its belly, which served to place ritual offerings.» What is a Chac Mool? (internet investigation) He might represent the indian people in the past being opressed from his own religion dying and sacrifying themselfs for their gods. His life changes when he founds a Chac Mool and supernatural things started to happen in his life. Who is Filiberto? What does he do? What class is he from? What might he represent?įiliberto is the protagonist of the story, he was a regular working man that liked collecting ancient figures and idols. The story is narrated in first person from the point of view of Pepe in the present combined with citations from Filiberto’s diary from the past. Who narrates the story/How is the story narrated?
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