Swanson Latin American Fiction

A Short Introduction
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-4085-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 168 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Blackwell Introductions to Literature

This book introduces readers to the evolution of modern fiction inSpanish-speaking Latin America.
* Presents Latin American fiction in its cultural and politicalcontexts.
* Introduces debates about how to read this literature.
* Combines an overview of the evolution of modern Latin Americanfiction with detailed studies of key texts.
* Discusses authors such as Mario Vargas Llosa, GabrielGarcía Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges and IsabelAllende.
* Covers nation-building narratives, 'modernismo',the New Novel, the Boom, the Post-Boom, Magical Realism, Hispanicfiction in the USA, and more.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Swanson, Phillip

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.