Latin American Fiction - A Short Introduction

Informationen zum Autor Lee Swanson has enjoyed a lifelong interest in medieval history. He lived in Germany and England for over twenty-five years, first as a soldier and then as a teacher before returning to the United States. Graduating summa cum laude from the University of North Florida with a master's degree in European History, Lee's thesis centered on the Hansa, a confederation of merchants from primarily northern German cities. Many of the colorful characters who populate his novels are drawn from the lives of these resolute wayfarers who traveled the waterways of Europe in search of profit and prestige. Lee, his wife Karine, and their dog Banjo now split their time between the beautiful Shenandoah Valley in Virginia and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung This book introduces readers to the evolution of modern fiction in Spanish--speaking Latin America. aeo Presents Latin American fiction in its cultural and political contexts. aeo Introduces debates about how to read this literature. 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 ...

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

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Swanson, MD Jan Swanson, Philip Swanson, Phillip Swanson, Phillip (University of Sheffield) Swanson
• Verlag: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 20.10.2004
• EAN: 9781405108669
• ISBN: 978-1-4051-0866-9
• Seiten: 168
• Serien: Blackwell Introductions to Lit; Wiley Blackwell Introductions to Literature
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literature: history and criticism