La Lllorona The Weeping Woman Summary
Works Cited
DOMECQ, ALCINA LUBITCH. "La Llorona." The Literary Review, vol. 43, no. 1, 1999, p. 17.
General OneFile, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&sw=w&u=azstatelibdev&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CA58038165&it=r&asid=101c1b51ce6ca1e1a8609e4cd48bf077. Accessed 12 Apr. 2017.
Hall, Ashley. “La Llorona – The Weeping Woman.” The Paranormal Guide, 20 Feb. 2014, www.theparanormalguide.com/blog/la-llorona-the-weeping-woman. Accessed 12 Apr. 2017.
Perez, Domino Renee. There Was a Woman: La LLorona from Folklore to Popular Culture.
Austin, University of Texas Press, 2008.
Summary: This source is a published novel written by Domino Renee Perez, and takes the role of, in detail, examining La Llorona. It examines how she came to be, who she is and popular stories. …show more content…
The novel also details her involvement in pop culture today and how she influenced political resistance. The novel takes a first person approach as well, describing the author's attempts to get answers to the origin story of La Llorona.
Assessment/ Reflection: The credibility of this source could be under question, yes, however it does seem to bring up some interesting points. It also does a good job of keeping the reader knowledgeable about what exactly is fueling the writer's interests are and why they are writing the novel. This helps to keep the credibility up, that and the fact that there are multiple sources compiled into this one book, giving it multiple viewpoints on a multi-sided story.
Treat, Wesley. “La Llorona – The Phantom Banshee.” Weird Arizona, www.weirdus.com/states/arizona/local_legends/la_llorona_and_launa/index.php. Accessed 8 Apr. 2017.
Summary: This article describes some of the lore behind La Llorona, and how she happened to get that name.
It tells the story of a beautiful woman named Maria, and how she was always getting the attention of various suitors. All this attention would often go to her head, causing her to be vain in nature. However, eventually she fell in love with a wealthy man, who to her dismay, was not interested in having children. In order to show her devotion to him, she led her children to a nearby river and drowned them both that night. Afterwards she explained what she had done to the children, the man became afraid of her, saying that he could never have anything to do with her. For her actions, God condemned her, forcing her to walk the Earth for eternity, searching for her lost sons.
Assessment/Reflection: This source is fairly credible when it comes to urban legends and myths, having build an entire magazine series based on such occurrences. This is further helped that a portion of the article is reader-submitted content, relating to sightings of La Llorona around their area. This article can be used in the essay either in the beginning of the essay, during the expository section, detailing just who La Llorona is and where she comes from. Some of the reader submitted stories could be used in the third paragraph detailing sightings and whereabouts of the weeping woman
today.
Welton, Ann. "Hayes, Joe. La Llorona: The Weeping Woman." School Library Journal, Jan. 2005,
p. 120. General OneFile, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&sw=w&u=azstatelibdev&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CA127433040&it=r&asid=0be4aa3469ea3535a88cda2002e92a76. Accessed 12 Apr. 2017.
DOMECQ, ALCINA LUBITCH. "La Llorona." The Literary Review, vol. 43, no. 1, 1999, p. 17.
General OneFile, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&sw=w&u=azstatelibdev&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CA58038165&it=r&asid=101c1b51ce6ca1e1a8609e4cd48bf077. Accessed 12 Apr. 2017.
Hall, Ashley. “La Llorona – The Weeping Woman.” The Paranormal Guide, 20 Feb. 2014, www.theparanormalguide.com/blog/la-llorona-the-weeping-woman. Accessed 12 Apr. 2017.
Perez, Domino Renee. There Was a Woman: La LLorona from Folklore to Popular Culture.
Austin, University of Texas Press, 2008.
Summary: This source is a published novel written by Domino Renee Perez, and takes the role of, in detail, examining La Llorona. It examines how she came to be, who she is and popular stories. …show more content…
The novel also details her involvement in pop culture today and how she influenced political resistance. The novel takes a first person approach as well, describing the author's attempts to get answers to the origin story of La Llorona.
Assessment/ Reflection: The credibility of this source could be under question, yes, however it does seem to bring up some interesting points. It also does a good job of keeping the reader knowledgeable about what exactly is fueling the writer's interests are and why they are writing the novel. This helps to keep the credibility up, that and the fact that there are multiple sources compiled into this one book, giving it multiple viewpoints on a multi-sided story.
Treat, Wesley. “La Llorona – The Phantom Banshee.” Weird Arizona, www.weirdus.com/states/arizona/local_legends/la_llorona_and_launa/index.php. Accessed 8 Apr. 2017.
Summary: This article describes some of the lore behind La Llorona, and how she happened to get that name.
It tells the story of a beautiful woman named Maria, and how she was always getting the attention of various suitors. All this attention would often go to her head, causing her to be vain in nature. However, eventually she fell in love with a wealthy man, who to her dismay, was not interested in having children. In order to show her devotion to him, she led her children to a nearby river and drowned them both that night. Afterwards she explained what she had done to the children, the man became afraid of her, saying that he could never have anything to do with her. For her actions, God condemned her, forcing her to walk the Earth for eternity, searching for her lost sons.
Assessment/Reflection: This source is fairly credible when it comes to urban legends and myths, having build an entire magazine series based on such occurrences. This is further helped that a portion of the article is reader-submitted content, relating to sightings of La Llorona around their area. This article can be used in the essay either in the beginning of the essay, during the expository section, detailing just who La Llorona is and where she comes from. Some of the reader submitted stories could be used in the third paragraph detailing sightings and whereabouts of the weeping woman
today.
Welton, Ann. "Hayes, Joe. La Llorona: The Weeping Woman." School Library Journal, Jan. 2005,
p. 120. General OneFile, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&sw=w&u=azstatelibdev&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CA127433040&it=r&asid=0be4aa3469ea3535a88cda2002e92a76. Accessed 12 Apr. 2017.