Latin American Fiction - Phillip Swanson

Latin American Fiction

A Short Introduction

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
168 Seiten
2004
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4051-0865-2 (ISBN)
114,40 inkl. MwSt
Introduces readers to the evolution of modern fiction in Spanish-speaking Latin America. This work presents Latin American fiction in its cultural and political contexts. It introduces debates about how to read this literature. It discusses authors such as Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jorge Luis Borges and Isabel Allende.
This book introduces readers to the evolution of modern fiction in Spanish-speaking Latin America.


Presents Latin American fiction in its cultural and political contexts.

Introduces debates about how to read this literature.

Combines an overview of the evolution of modern Latin American fiction with detailed studies of key texts.

Discusses authors such as Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges and Isabel Allende.

Covers nation-building narratives, ‘modernismo’, the New Novel, the Boom, the Post-Boom, Magical Realism, Hispanic fiction in the USA, and more.

Philip Swanson is Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield. He has published widely in the area of Spanish and Latin American studies, including books on the New Novel, the Post-Boom, Gabriel García Márquez and José Donoso. He has taught in universities in Europe and the USA.

1. Beginnings: Narrative and the Challenge of New Nations. 2. National Narratives: Regional and Continental Identity.

3. The Rise of the New Narrative.

4. The Boom.

5. After the Boom.

6. Hispanic American Fiction of the United States.

7. Culture Wars: Ways of Reading Latin American Fiction.

Notes.

Further Reading.

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 21.10.2004
Reihe/Serie Wiley Blackwell Introductions to Literature
Verlagsort Hoboken
Sprache englisch
Maße 161 x 238 mm
Gewicht 397 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-4051-0865-7 / 1405108657
ISBN-13 978-1-4051-0865-2 / 9781405108652
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