La desmitificación del héroe histórico en la obra de Ibargüengoitia

National heroes are mythical characters, in whom we find an example of the values and attitudes that represent the grandeur, the humanity and the patriotism that every citizen should follow. Heroism cannot be an attribute of any individual; only those who have the needed qualities to guide a whole country to the highest human ideals, such as freedom or equality, are meant to be leaders. Therefore, it is common that official history portray national heroes full of virtues, omitting those descriptions that are considered undesirable. On his narrative work, Ibargüengoitia is very critical about this cleansing their temperament, so he uses the literature to convert historical figures into complex beings. For this reason, we have analyzed two novels of this author to observe how he changes the myth and rebuild the character of two of the most important protagonists of Mexican history: the rebel pro-independence and the caudillo pro-revolution, represented in Perinon from Los pasos de Lopéz and Arroyo from Los relámpagos de agosto.