nicklin

I think that the circulation of a corrido or the story of Cortez can tell you a lot about the uses of literature. When I use to think of literature I use to think of English class, or having to pick up Shakespeare and try to understand the meaning. Now I feel like I am starting to get a broader range of what literature really is. The circulation of the corrido was passed around and changed through word of mouth really and everyone was given the change to take the story that was told to them and put their own touch to it either adding to it or taking away from it, either for the good or bad. I can’t really think of a lot of literature that has that kind of social use simply for the fact that some of these pieces did not have an author to them. No real worry about destroying some ones work by changing a line or two or giving a story a different meaning. I don’t think it’s a bad thing but also it could easily be taken too far. I think audiences can be very receptive to something like this and they get a chance to maybe change the story themselves after hearing it.