Phillip Swanson

Latin American Fiction (eBook, PDF)

A Short Introduction

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: For Dummies
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781405140850
• Artikelnr.: 38282205

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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

Rezensionen

"Elegantly written, comprehensive and yet succinct, ProfessorPhilip Swanson's Latin American Fiction: A ShortIntroduction offers a magisterial account of the development ofLatin American fiction ... This is an authoritativeintroduction by the UK's leading expert on the Latin Americannovel."
Stephen Hart, University College London

"A probing, inquisitive and refreshing approach to LatinAmerican literature, which also takes into account its presence inthe United States."
William Luis, VanderbiltUniversity

"A good overview that outlines the main movements and the waysin which the genre has evolved that provides a good foundation forthe study of this region's diverse fictional legacy."
The British Bulletin of Publications