Simplicity and savage in La Vorágine [The Vortex] and El abrazo de la serpiente [Embrace of the Serpent]

This paper aims a new approach to indigenous representation in literature and cinema through the intertextual analysis between La Vorágine (1924) [The Vortex] and El abrazo de la serpiente (2015) [Embrace of the Serpent]. It is concluded, after a detailed study, that both – the novel and the film, b...

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Main Authors:	Garay Cano, Luz Adriana, Cubides Serrano, Edwin
Format:	Online
Language:	spa
Published:	Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2021
Subjects:	indigenous childhood simplicity intertextuality novel film plot Amazon indígena infancia inocencia intertextualidad novela película relato selva amazónica infância intertextualidade romance filme floresta amazônica
Online Access:	https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/la_palabra/article/view/11630

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Summary:	This paper aims a new approach to indigenous representation in literature and cinema through the intertextual analysis between La Vorágine (1924) [The Vortex] and El abrazo de la serpiente (2015) [Embrace of the Serpent]. It is concluded, after a detailed study, that both – the novel and the film, bring anew perspective from the indigenous by means of simplicity as an actual way of being of this importantcommunity in Colombia.