"Vitzliputzli" von Heinrich Heine und "Huitzilopoxtli" von Ruben Dario: Korrespondenzen zwischen zwei Kosmopoliten am Beispiel eines mexikanischen Mythos

The Nicaraguan modernist poet Ruben Dario often refers to the German poet Heinrich Heine. Intertextual references, and similarities in the two poets' socio-cultural positions, constitute the point of departure for a joint reading of Heine's poem "Vitzliputzli" (1851) and Ruben Dario's narrative "Huitzilopoxtli" (1914). The two authors examine colonization and violence by means of demystification and deconstruction. Rarely examined passages show that with respect to gender, which seems irrelevant at first sight, the myth stays virulent and reveals not only the dynamics but also the limits of cultural encounters. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]