I have decided to research the 20th century Mexican writer Juan Rulfo and two of his short stories (which I haven't chosen yet.) I chose Rulfo as my subject due to the intricate creativity he instills in his writing and his highly influential impact on the genre of Latin American literature. In fact, Rulfo is credited with having invented the concept of magical realism and has been considered to be one of the most prominent, if not the most prominent, Latin American authors of the past century. Currently I have checked out a compilation of his short stories, The Burning Plain and Other Stories, from the library and am in the process of selecting stories from there to compare.