A reader-response study of the relationship between the Wayuu peoples and the literature of Gabriel García Márquez: The influence of ethno-education on language use and narratives of identity in an indigenous bilingual context

McAleer, Paul

Abstract

Gabriel García Márquez's literature shares a number of aspects with the cultural and literary traditions of the indigenous Wayuu of Colombia: e.g. symbols of death, the afterlife, dreams, and divination. This article examines the results of a reader-response survey undertaken in La Guajira region of Colombia with 148 bilingual members of the Wayuu community. The survey aims to examine the correlation between Wayuu discourses of identity and the Colombian writer's novels by focusing on theories of transculturation and translanguaging. The participants' responses also reveal facets of the indigenous community's relationship with literature written in Spanish and the Spanish language.

Citation

McAleer, P. (2019). A reader-response study of the relationship between the Wayuu peoples and the literature of Gabriel García Márquez: The influence of ethno-education on language use and narratives of identity in an indigenous bilingual context. The Modern language review, 114(1), 79-102. https://doi.org/10.5699/modelangrevi.114.1.0079

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 10, 2018
• Publication Date: 2019-01
• Deposit Date: Apr 12, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 1, 2020
• Journal: Modern Language Review
• Print ISSN: 0026-7937
• Publisher: Modern Humanities Research Association
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 114
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 79-102
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5699/modelangrevi.114.1.0079
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/778169
• Publisher URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5699/modelangrevi.114.1.0079
• Additional Information: This is the accepted manuscript of an article published in Modern language review, 2018. The version of record is available at the DOI link in this record.