Print this article print all entries for this topic cite this article. As he gazes at the tracks that seem to melt away in the distance, an old man the switchman carrying a tiny red lantern appears from out of nowhere and proceeds to inform the stranger of the hazards of train travel in this country. Juan jose arreola, jill hartley, dulce maria zuniga. A stranded railroad traveler waits for months to board a train that never arrives, only to discover that schedules, routes, and even the landscapes seen from the windows of. He is considered mexicos premier experimental short story writer of the twentieth century. Learn more about citation styles citation styles encyclopedia. Arreola is recognized as one of the first latin american writers to abandon realism. Catapultae turribus impositae et quoe spicula mitterent, et quoe saxa. The switchman on one level the story operates as a satire on the mexican transportation system, while on another the railroad is an analogy for the ilbro absurdity of the human condition. The short story was originally published as a confabulario, a word created in spanish by arreola, in 1952, in the collection confabulario and other inventions. Instead of getting on the train in an orderly fashion, they devote themselves to crushing one another. Another episode involves a trainload of energetic passengers who became heroes absurd heroes in camusian terms when they disassembled their train, carried it across a bridgeless chasm, and reassembled it on the other side in wl to complete their journey. The short story was originally published as a guardagujssa word created in spanish by arreola, inin the collection confabulario and other inventions.
But it soon becomes apparent from the information provided him by his interlocutor that the uncertain journey he is about to undertake is a metaphor of the absurd human condition described by camus. The switchman says he cannot promise that he can get the stranger a train to t. The switchman on one level the story operates as a satire on the mexican transportation system, while on another the railroad is an gjardagujas for the hopeless absurdity of the human condition. Descargue como docx, pdf, txt o lea en linea desde scribd. Juan jose arreola and the twentieth century short story jstor. Amo idioma 8 discurso politico 9 taller gimnasio moderno.
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