Criticism review about the Gordas War of Salvador Novo
The dramatic work The Gordas War, captivated me. It was a reading that I enjoyed and made me feel happy, since I could laugh enough. It is a very entertaining play, the humorous approach that the author gives is very enjoyable, likewise the use of colloquial expressions and certain new terms at that time, makes it a text with unique and fun expression. The way in which the characters are presented to us is very pleasant, because their personalities and actions are well developed and represented throughout the book. I was able to recreate the work very well mentally, when I imagined the voices, gestures, actions, diction, clothing and the scenography thought by the author and represented in the text, I was very pleasant to read and especially the touchhumorous seemed wonderful.
On the other hand, this writing gives us a notable cultural heritage, it has enough successplays. It should be noted that in an illustrated article by Salvador Novo that is entitled: my abundant reasons to write in pipiltzintzin or the war of fat, the author points out that he rescued several historical writings where reference is made to the war between Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco andwhere your veracity is credited.
In the following extract of the work we can see an example of the excellent union that the author achieves between humor and cultural throughout the text:
“I am a key. Thus, T -Incaonal, non -technonal, which looks like medicine name. In Nahuatl, remember it, there are no acute words: they are all serious ”.
The combination of these elements gives the book a style and uniqueness that make it stand out, from the title so striking we give ourselves an idea of the excellent way of narrating that the author manages and transports us on the part of the kingdom of Tenochtitlan almost unknown: The intimacy and family environment of the Mexican nobility.
The plot moves us to the reign of Moquihuix the ruler of Tlatelolco, he transmits his disagreement with the high taxes that must be paid to Tenochtitlan, he is so upset that he plans to begin the war against the tenochcas, these plans are told to Teconal his advisor his advisorAnd prime minister, Queen Chalchiuhnenetzin bursts in a thin woman and sister of Huey Tlatoani de Tenochtitlan;She and a fortune teller let the king know of a recurring dream where she receives an alert from her parlants’ intimate parts of her about the imminent death of her husband during the war;The king feels very offended by that omen and Queen Chalchiuhnenetzin informs her that she will go to Tenochtitlan to receive her nephew who will hardly be born. In Tenochtitlan while the ladies of the Court talk gossip on the queen, one by one the births of ten children that Ilancuéitl, wife of Tlatoani de Tenochtitlan: Axayácatl that through a deal in which he procreated with aConcubina, the child would go through the queen’s son, a simple and unfair treatment, because the king had many concubines, he had at least ten children and there was no better remedy to make everyone pass as legitimate. In the Tenochtitlan barracks the generals inform the king that the war began in an unusual way, the Tlatelolcas gave fire with an army of naked fat people who bathed the milk troops from their breasts. Given these strange events Axayácatl orders that they imprison as many women as they can, (some will serve their ten children). The war continues in Tlatelolco and the king dies. To celebrate a banquet is organized and the new widow queen of Tlatelolco who always wanted to get out of that arranged marriage, proposes to his brother Axayácatl adopt one of his children to reign Tlatelolco when he grows up, but Axayácatl already had other plans, another arranged anotherMarriage with a deaf -mute king, celebrating his banquet and distributing the kingdom of Tlatelolco, closes the curtain.
The tone of the work could be classified as a humorous tone since the situations created within it and the paintings established by the author give us a satirical visualization of the plot, as well as the environment that is integrated is fun and spontaneous, combining theHilarious dialogues of the characters with the almost cartoon situation, this dramatic work maintains a pleasant humor throughout its development.
Throughout the second act, the war between Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco visualizes it through what the Tenochcas tell us, through gossip from the ladies of the Court and for what was said to Axayácatl from the generals of the generals. The author presents us with the conflict from a burlesque and hilarious point of view, as in the following fragment:
"Exact. The very coward ran to take refuge in the temple. He still released a battalion of naked and painted children to hinder the advance ”.
In the armed confrontation, Tenochtitlan’s great army participates with the generals in charge, Cihuacóatl and Axayácatl himself, on the other hand, the Battalion of Gordas armed with his milk, and the little girls painted and in leathers that Moquihuix sent.
Thanks to the skillful writing of Novo, the historical characters that we normally see represented as straight, solemn and little human figures, become completely human with all their defects, qualities and needs. We can find a lot of human features in the work, the most obvious is a present sexuality, a feature that in a way can be considered as the guiding thread of the plot, since, through several entanglements of a sexual nature, it goesdeveloping the comic plot. During the plot we can see the way in which the dream plane becomes so relevant, spirituality and superstitions are something that has characterized human societies and settlements since its beginnings. In the work we are presented with the cruelty that can exist for the lowest classes, armed conflicts are presented to us as normal and necessary to represent as the most powerful, as well as the excess excesses that occur in the high social classesAnd especially in governments, they are very well represented in the work despite their remarkable caricaturization.
The war is won by Tenochtitlan’s army, because in the middle of the battle, the Tomahuazintli maid reveals to King Axayácatl that Moquihuix left Tlatelolco and went to take refuge to a neighboring kingdom, recommended that he would not look there because he would be wasting time;The king decides to imprison her while he and her army leave to fight. Axayácatl, wanted to make it think that he would deviate to the neighboring kingdom of Tlacopan to lookA desperate attempt to survive sent a second battalion, this composed of little girls full of paint to fight, then Axayácatl by his own hand killed him, throwing him down the stairs and giving him macanazos while laying on the floor. This was the victory of the Tenochcas over the Tlatelolcas;and its subsequent annexation to the territory of Tenochtitlan.
Bibliography
- Sheridan, g. (1985). The contemporaries of yesterday. Economic Culture Fund (F.C.AND). Mexico.
- Monsiváis, c. (2000). Salvador Novo: the marginal in the center. Ediciones Era, Mexico City, Mexico.
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