%0 Journal Article 
%A Lomelí, Francisco A.
%T The sense of place in Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá's "Historia de la Nueva México"
%D 2012
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10017/11064
%X In this essay I propose to explore when, how and where allusions are made to space in Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá's Historia de la Nueva México. In order to appropriately discuss such a concept, I first contextualize the text in critical and literary historical terms. Next, I examine the various references to physical landmarks along the route from
central Mexico toward New Mexico, paying close attention to how and why such references are made. Then I discover that there is a pendulum effect between geographical space and mythic allusion. The end of the poem concentrates on action that takes place within the walls of the Acoma Indians and the events — including thought processes — involving the Spaniards. The oscillatory structure helps describe
how the text struggles with conflicting interests between a military chronicle and a morality play.

%K Gaspar de Villagrá
%K Space
%K Geographical references
%K Myth
%K Military chronicle
%K Morality play
%K Espacio
%K Referencias geográficas
%K Mito
%K Crónica militar
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