La mirada del niño chicano en Rudolfo Anaya: Ollie Tecolote Identidad cultural chicana en la literatura infantil y juvenil de Rudolfo Anaya

Abstract

Through works such as Farolitos for Abuelo (1998), Mayas Children: The Story of La Llorona (1996), ChupaCabra and the Roswell UFO (2008), The First Tortilla (2007) by the great Rudolfo Anaya, the entire Chicano identity can be appreciated. This clearly implies that not only Anaya's major works are considered Chicano. The individual stories that Rudolfo Anaya presents in his great novels are the experiences of a collective, his vision of reality; a collective that maintains a close relationship with the past, with beliefs, traditions or values. However, also in Rudolfo Anaya's children's literature this perspective of memory and the search for identity is present, with the intention of a clear identification of the past, of the roots and the search for a better future, without forgetting their own cultural identity, the transmission from grandparents to children, parents to children, etc. is primordial for the achievement of the essence of the Chicano.