The fragmented pysche of Mexico: the narrative structure of La muerte de Artemio Cruz through the lens of Francisco Gonzales Pineda.

Upon reading Carlos Fuentes's novel La muerte de Artemio Cruz (1962) for the first time, many readers find themselves confused, frustrated, and plane lost, due to its mingled narrative structure. With each chapter divided into three parts (Yo Tu El) the reader is left searching for an explanation of of that kind a structure and the significance of each narrative voice. a great deal of of the novel's early criticism emphasizes the challenges that this constitution presents. Lanin Gyurko acknowledges this difficulty, noting that " the configuration is visible on the surface, like a literary exoskeleton, at times like a straitjacket above the narrative" (30). ...