1. ‘Like many other Latin American writers, Ernesto Cardenal sees in pre-Columbian civilization a utopian model for modern man. He has nothing pejorative to say about Maya society, selecting his information to emphasize an almost edenic purity’ (John Lyons). Discuss this view, outlining how and why Cardenal draws on indigenous cultures in his poetry, and consider how his approach differs from the work of Pablo Antonio Cuadra.
