The Arts: A Path to the Expression of Our Environment

In this project, you will develop an artistic proposal, in any of its forms, combining artistic elements with thematic features and the characters from the legend of La Llorona. This will allow you to make the legend yours, and to creatively generate an artistic innovative speech based on what you already know.

Identification

En este proyecto, desarrollarás una propuesta artística en cualquiera de sus formas, combinando elementos artísticos con las características temáticas y los personajes de La Llorona. Esto te permitirá hacer la leyenda tuya y generar un discurso artistico e innovador de acuerdo con lo que ya sabes.

For centuries, La Llorona (the Weeping Woman) has been one of the most popular legends in Mexico. It has inspired oral traditions that vary from one region of the country to another. It has also made way for literary works, both in prose and in verse, songs, paintings,movies, and other cultural and artistic works.

1. In community, search in reliable sources, in the School Library,and the Classroom Library the poetic narrative version of the legend of La Llorona, written by Vicente Rivera Palacio and Juan de Dios Peza.

2. In communities, analyze the following questions, and write the answers in your notebook.

a) According to the text from Riva Palacio and Juan de Dios Peza, why hasn't La Llorona found peace for more than 300 years?

b) In what context is this version set?

c)What natural events do you identify in the text?

d)What traditions, social practices, or beliefs can be associated with the legend's context?

e)Which moment in the legend makes you feel a particular emotion?

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