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Mexican Literary Reactions to Tlatelolco 1968

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2022

Dolly J. Young
Dolly J. Young*
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The University of Texas, Austin
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In Mexican colonial history, the night the Aztecs of Tenochtitlán massacred Cortés's troops, 30 June 1520, is known as la noche triste. In Mexican contemporary history, the night of 2 October 1968 is known as la nueva noche triste, a night that saw the deaths of numerous student protesters in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas (Tlatelolco) in Mexico City. It is also referred to as la noche de Tlatelolco or merely as Tlatelolco '68. Some writers contend that the events at Tlatelolco and the emergence of the student movement of 1968 leading to the confrontation are among the most important occurrences in Mexico since the revolution and that Mexico is profoundly different today because of them. It is therefore not surprising that a significant portion of the Mexican literature written since 1968 reflects in various ways the impact of these events on the Mexican national consciousness. A variety of texts, both fictional and nonfictional, appeared immediately after the incident, and others have continued to appear in contemporary Mexican literature in the ensuing years. These texts either address or refer to the dramatic occurences in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas and are collectively known as “Tlatelolco literature.”

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Research Article
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Latin American Research Review , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , 1985 , pp. 71 - 85
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Copyright © 1985 by the University of Texas Press

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I wish to acknowledge gratefully the valuable suggestions and encouragement of Naomi Lindstrom, the support of my husband Bill, and the suggestions and comments of the anonymous LARR reviewers.

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