What is modernism? How is it important in revolutionary Mexico? Which novel did you read? How does that novel paint the revolutionaries? The government soldiers?

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What is modernism? How is it important in revolutionary Mexico? Which novel did you read? How does that novel paint the revolutionaries? The government soldiers? Is the novel in favor of one side in the conflict? Is the novel anti-war? Compare the film to the novel you read. If you read both novels, which novel is most like the film? Why? How is the film a universal indictment of war? Compare the film to a U.S. film with the same theme. Does the icon of the soldiers have a counterpart in U.S. culture? Is the role of the soldiers mythologized in Mexican culture & arts?
Explain the emergence of the ballads called corridos. Name two corridos and very briefly summarize their main themes. What are the main archetypes of corridos? What thematic concern unites the three great muralist artists of Mexico? What role did muralism play in the early post-revolutionary period? How is Kahlo’s work surrealist? How has her celebrity overshadowed her art? Have you seen the U.S.-made film FRIDA? How does the film reinforce the artist’s biography & celebrity as central to her work? How was the essay The Cosmic Race valuable in post-revolutionary Mexico? Is Vasconcelos a racist? How is his work used today?