Latin America's New Historical NovelUniversity of Texas Press, 01.01.1993 - 228 Seiten Beginning with the 1979 publication of Alejo Carpentier's El arpa y la sombra, the New Historical Novel has become the dominant genre within Latin American fiction. In this at-times tongue-in-cheek postmodern study, Seymour Menton explores why the New Historical Novel has achieved such popularity and offers discerning readings of numerous works. Menton argues persuasively that the proximity of the Columbus Quincentennial triggered the rise of the New Historical Novel. After defining the historical novel in general, he identifies the distinguishing features of the New Historical Novel. Individual chapters delve deeply into such major works as Mario Vargas Llosa's La guerra del fin del mundo, Abel Posse's Los perros del paraiso, Gabriel Garcia Marquez's El general en su laberinto, and Carlos Fuentes' La campana. A chapter on the Jewish Latin American novel focuses on several works that deserve greater recognition, such as Pedro Orgambide's Aventuras de Edmund Ziller en tierras del Nuevo Mundo, Moacyr Scliar's A estranha naao de Rafael Mendes, and Angelina Muniz's Tierra adentro. |
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Abel Posse años de soledad Antonio archetypal Argentine Aventuras de Edmund Baltasar Baron Bogotá Bolívar Borges Borges's Buenos Aires cal novel campaña Canudos Carlos Fuentes Carlota carnivalesque Carpentier Carpentier's ceniza century Chapter characters Cien años Colonel Columbus Columbus's criollista critics Cruz death dialogic Edmund Ziller Enrique fanatical fanaticism Fernando del Paso fiction fin del mundo Francisco Gabriel García Gabriel García Márquez García Márquez guerra del fin hero heteroglossia Historical Novel Indians intertextuality Jewish Jews Jorge José Jurema laberinto Latin American leitmotif literary Manuel Manuela Sáenz Mario Vargas Mario Vargas Llosa Martín Maximilian metafiction Mexican Mexico City Miguel muerte Napierski narrator nearsighted journalist Noticias del imperio novelists Nuevo Mundo Ofelia Pajeú parody Pedro perros del Paraíso Piglia's Posse's protagonist Rafael Mendes Renzi Respiración artificial revolutionary short story sombra Spanish American Tardewski theme throughout the novel tiempos Tierra tion último rostro Vargas Llosa words