Arqueles Vela
Encyclopedia
Arqueles Vela was a Mexican writer, journalist and teacher, of Guatemala
n origin. He was one of the major members of Stridentism
movement and author of La señorita Etcétera (1922), one of the earliest avant-garde narrative works.
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
n origin. He was one of the major members of Stridentism
Stridentism
Stridentism was an artistic and multidisciplinary avant-garde movement, founded in Mexico City by Manuel Maples Arce at the end of 1921 but formally developed in Xalapa where all the founders moved after the University of Veracruz granted its support for the movement...
movement and author of La señorita Etcétera (1922), one of the earliest avant-garde narrative works.
Poetry and narrative
- El sendero gris y otros poemas inútiles (1920)
- La señorita Etcétera (1922)
- El café de nadie (1926)
- Un crimen provisional (1926)
- El intrasferible (1927; published again in 1977)
- El viaje redondo (1929)
- Cantata a las muchachas fuertes y alegres de México (1940)
- Cuentos del día y de la noche (1945)
- La volanda (1956)
- El picaflor (1961)
- Luzbel (1966)
Essays
- Introducción, organización, interpretación y dirección del teatro de muñecos, Historia materialista del arte (1936).
- Evolución histórica de la literatura universal (1941).
- El arte y la estética (1945).
- Teoría literaria del modernismo (1949).
- Elementos del lenguaje y didáctica de la expresión (1953).
- Fundamentos de la literatura mexicana (1953).
- Análisis de la expresión literaria (1965).