El Corrido and Klail City are both presented as narrative forms that attempt to establish a central experience surrounding the Chicano community. In El Corrido, a play written by Luis Valdez in 1976 and performed in El Teatro Campesino, the use of the musical traditional form, the corrido, tells the story of Jesus Pelado Rasquachi’s journey to America and Beto, a next generation Chicano, experience connecting to Jesus’ story. The corrido is presented to Beto who is perceived as out of touch with his community and culture as a way for him to connect. Additionally, in Khail City author Rolando Hinojosa writes a novel about several generations within a border town in Texas and presents characters and their histories as a way to demonstrate
