Tales from the Hispanic Southwest

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Tales from the Hispanic Southwest

• Dona Sebastiana
• The Three Brothers

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Spanish America

• At the beginning of the nineteenth century
  America only stretched 1/3 of the distance of
  North America.
• Dreams of expansion were thwarted by the Spanish
  and French empires.

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American Territories 1800s
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Territorial Domination
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Opportunity for Expansion

• France retreated from its competition for
  American dominance with the sale of its Louisiana
  Purchase in 1803.

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New Spain

• United States became the the neighbors of the
  provinces of New Spain

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Mexican Independence 1821

• New Spain emerges as the sovereign nation of
  Mexico.

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Conflict Arises

• Mexico predominately Catholic.
• United States Protestant.
• Language barriers.
• Social/Political organizations.
• Relationships between colonizers and natives.
• Prejudice

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Acquisition of Mexican Land

• Over thirty-year period, the U.S. acquired Texas,
  New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah,
  and half of Colorado.
• Means of purchase, settlement, deception,
  annexation, and the Mexican War.

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Movement

• Anglo-Americans moved to the southwestern U.S.
• The impact of their culture varied from one
  region to the next.

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Mexican Artistic Expression

• Mexican Americans writers were concerned with
• tracing the establishment of Mexican culture
  from Texas to California.
• Their roles in history.
• Gods blessing on the enterprise.

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Hispanic Stories

• Morality Tales
• Picaresque Rogues
• Tales of Enchantment

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Dona Sebastiana
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The Three Brothers
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Theme of Morality Tales

• Instill Religious Sensibilities

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Hispanic Tales of the Southwest