期刊名称：Revista Virtual de Estudos da Linguagem - ReVEL
电子版ISSN：1678-8931
出版年度：2006
卷号：4
期号：6
出版社：Gabriel de Ávila Othero
摘要：The New Mexican writer Rudolfo Alfonso Anaya was born in Las Pasturas, New Mexico in 1937. He has won recognition as an interpreter of the lives of Hispanics in the U.S. Southwest through his novels, short stories, and plays. From his first novel, Bless Me, Ultima (1972), Anaya has shown a continuing interest in the folk stories of his New Mexican culture which includes Hispanic and Native American traditions and ceremonies and questions of religious faith. As López (1993: 19) points out “Chicanos took their destiny in their hands by creating a strong statement of their identity in the arts and by demanding social and political equity within American society.” The novel was written in the 1960s in Albuquerque, New Mexico, but its setting is the mid 1940s, during the World War II and it was not first published until 1972. The setting and ambiance of the story reminds the readers that they are in a barrio or in a Chicano home Without any doubt, Bless Me Ultima is one of the best known novels in Chicano literature.
