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Tear This Heart Out

Tear This Heart Out. The Dismantling of the Traditional Mexican Woman in the Novel Tear This Heart Out by Angeles Mastretta. Úrsula Olivo. Capstone 2014 Advisors: Dr. Urioste , Dra . Zielina , Dr. Gómez , Iván Zamora . Acknowledgements. Professors: Family: Friends:

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Tear This Heart Out

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  1. TearThisHeartOut

  2. The Dismantling of the Traditional Mexican Woman in the Novel Tear This Heart Out by Angeles Mastretta ÚrsulaOlivo Capstone 2014 Advisors: Dr. Urioste, Dra. Zielina, Dr. Gómez, Iván Zamora

  3. Acknowledgements Professors: Family: Friends: Dr. Gómez Lilia GutiérrezYesenia Olmos Dr. UriosteMaximilianoOlivoAlejandra Drte Dra. ZielinaHéctor Ojeda Iván Zamora Dr. ArrizabalagaMarzoOlivoAna Topete AdánOlivoMaría Orozco Alma OlivoJosé Alfaro Thanks to every single one of you for all your support during my CSUMB journey. Specially to my parents’ unconditional love. You inspire me in so many ways you cannot imagine. I love you all.

  4. WLC-400 Major Capstone Requirements The objective of this Capstone project is to meet the WLC-400 Major Capstone requirements which are the following: Students work with the instructor and WLC faculty advisors to research, synthesize, write and present their Capstone projects. Students will also assemble a Graduation Portfolio reflecting how each MLO was met. This course is required for all Japanese, Spanish and World Languages and Cultures majors.

  5. To meet the WLC-400 requirements I chose to research more extensively Angeles Mastretta’sTear This Heart Out. Of all the literature I read during my two years of study at CSUMB, I found this novel to be innovative, non-traditional and non-conservative which makes it shine with its own light. This novel denounces political, social and traditional issues from the 30’s and 40’s in post-revolutionary Mexico.

  6. Ángeles Mastretta Mastretta was born in Puebla, Mexico in1949. At age 20 she moved to Mexico City, the place where she still lives and has written most of her works.

  7. OtherMastretta’s Works 1996 1993 1990

  8. INDEX • Introduction • Author Information • Plot • The Role of Women in Mexico • Topics Analyzed • Sexual Freedom • Conclusion

  9. Plot– TearThisHeartOut The novel tells the story of Catalina Guzman, a young woman from Puebla, Mexico who marries Andres Ascencio, a post-revolutionary general. Shortly after her marriage, Catalina realizes her husband is a corrupt politician and becomes Andres’ main accomplice by not denouncing his sociopolitical abuses; she is scared of losing her life at his government’s hands. Wanting to rebel against Andres and the patriarchal society she lives in, Catalina becomes Carlos Vives’ lover. Vives, the director of the National Orchestra, meets Catalina in Mexico City.

  10. Plot - Continued… Soon after Andres learns his wife is having an affair, he sends his corrupt people to kidnap, torture and finally kill Carlos. Catalina is greatly affected by her lover’s death. Eventually she gets her revenge by slowly poisoning Andres with herbal teas. At her husband’s burial Catalina bursts into tears. However, those tears are for her lover Carlos and not for Andres. She finally finds herself full of hope and “almost happy”.

  11. PrimaryCharacters… Catalina Guzman Andres Ascencio Carlos Vives Don Marcos Rodolfo Campos Barbara (Catalina’s sister) Lilia (Andres’ daughter) Lucina (Nanny) Bibi (Catalina’s friend) Monica (Catalina’s friend) Pepa (Catalina’s friend)

  12. Themes from the Novel… Social and Political Corruption Death The Role of Women in Post-revolutionary Mexico Caciquism Machismo Incest Infidelity, Love and Sex Sexual Freedom Social Development of Women Lack of Motherly Love

  13. Accordingto Octavio Paz… Like in almost all towns, Mexicans consider women as objects that are ought to please men’s desires, follow the law and the moral rules society has assigned for them… In a world made to see through men’s eyes; women are just the reflection of men and not their individual self. -Octavio Paz

  14. Sexual Freedom “I was fifteen years old and I had the desire of things to happen to me. That’s why I agreed when Andres asked me to go with him to Tecolutla for a few days” (Mastretta, 9). “What I really did was give my self the fright of a lifetime. I had seen horses and bulls mount mares and cows, but the erection of a grown man was something else. I let myself be touched without hesitation, without moving, stiff as a paper doll” (Mastretta, 9-10).

  15. Sexual FreedomContinued… “I was awake all night, on fire, wanting more” (Mastretta, 10). “I want to feel… I returned home, knowing a secret that was impossible to share. I waited until the lights went out and my sisters were deep asleep. I put my hand on my clitoris and I moved it. Everything that mattered was there; you could see, hear, and think through there. I did not have a head, nor legs, feet or a belly button. My legs became stiff like they wanted to detach from my body. Yes indeed, everything was in the clitoris” (Mastretta, 9-10).

  16. Sexual FreedomContinued… Catalina– “It seems like you are having an affair”. Pepa– “I have one. We have sex like gods”. “They met in the mornings. Everyday from ten to noon in a small rented room in the storeroom at La Victoria market. Who was him? The only man that her husband would let her cross a word or two with; the doctor that took care of her miscarriages. Three miscarriages had been enough. He was a handsome man and the most famous male midwife in Puebla. Half of the women would have liked to have an affair with him, some would doll themselves up more to see him than to go to a dance. He ended up with Pepa, the most difficult woman to be with” (Mastretta, 96).

  17. Sexual FreedomContinued… “ I became unfaithful way before touching Carlos Vives” (Mastretta, 143) Carlos– What a country! Those who are not afraid are bored. Are you afraid Catalina?. Catalina– I used to be bored to death. Carlos– Not anymore? Catalina– Not anymore Carlos– What do you want to do? Catalina– When? Carlos– Now. Catalina– Whatever you want to do. What do you want to do? Carlos– I want to have sex. Catalina– With me? Carlos– No, with Chofi. (Mastretta, 159)

  18. Sexual FreedomContinued… Carlos– Why did you get married at sixteen with a general that is so close to the president? Catalina– What do I know why I married at sixteen. “I’m thirty I want to govern myself, I want to live with you, I want the hags that orgasm while they watch you directing the orchestra know that I’m the only one that orgasms with you” (Mastretta, 178).

  19. Conclusion • Topic Researched • Sexual Freedom • ÁngelesMastretta’s novel Tear This Heart Out • Innovative • Non-traditional • Controversial • Non-conservative

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