The Seducer of Homeland Enrique Serna or other memories of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
about four decades ago historiography in our country has been subjected to a serious review by specialization and professionalization of historians. This revisionism is part of a major effort to overcome traditional models that had a history mutilated, which both leaders and rulers had sought to keep stone. On this foundation, the novel was written revisionist The seducer of the country (1999) Enrique Serna. The protagonist of this work, General Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebron-governed the nation on several occasions and their actions shaped the history of the country, for that reason has haunted both historians and writers of novels.
The main objective of this thesis is to analyze four key features that seems to me this novel as postmodern registering: metafictional character, establishing intertextual dialogue with other historical works and other novels, autobiographical parody of the opening speech fictional margins that lead to a more revealing of some female characters who realize their life by the protagonist. Therefore, this research seeks to relate discussions of Mexican and international historiography and those belonging to literary studies, above the interest in reviewing the points of contact between these two types of discourse.
