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This book offers a close reading analysis of contemporary Mexican authors whose novels, in both form and content, are reshaped by the forces of globalization and postmodernism. Drawing on an interdisciplinary approach, the author examines the works of Jorge Volpi, Yuri Herrera, Guillermo Fadanelli, Eloy Urroz, Julián Herbert, Álvaro Enrigue, Valeria Luiselli, Pedro Ángel Palou, Guadalupe Nettel, Verónica Gerber Bicecci, and Mario Bellatin, exploring the themes of globalization, ethics, history, love, and literary forms. By addressing the critical intersections of these issues, the book makes a timely contribution to the study of contemporary Mexican literature in the context of a rapidly changing world.
List of contents
1. Introduction.- 2. Narrating the Effects of Globalization: Yuri Herrera's and Jorge Volpi's Novels.- 3. The Ethical Question: Eloy Urroz's Friction, Guillermo Fadanelli's Lodo (Mud), and Julián Herbert s Tomb Song.- 4. From History to the Archive: Álvaro Enrigue s Sudden Death and Valeria Luiselli s Lost Children Archive.- 5. Love as Impossibility: Qliphoth, La profundidad de la piel, by Pedro Ángel Palou and After Winter by Guadalupe Nettel.- 6. The Politics of Literary Forms: Pedro Ángel Palou s Paraíso clausurado, Verónica Gerber Bicecci s Empty Set and Mario Bellatin s El hombre dinero.
About the author
Héctor Jaimes is Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture at North Carolina State University, USA. His published authored works include Filosofía del muralismo mexicano: Orozco, Rivera y Siqueiros (2012) and La reescritura de la historia en el ensayo hispanoamericano (2001). His edited works include Pedro Ángel Palou y la novela infinita (2023), Mario Bellatin y las formas de la escritura (2020), The Mexican Crack Writers: History and Criticism (2017), Tu hija Frida: Cartas a mamá (2016), Fundación del muralismo mexicano: Textos inéditos de David Alfaro Siqueiros (2012) and Octavio Paz: La dimensión estética del ensayo (2004).
Summary
This book offers a close reading analysis of contemporary Mexican authors whose novels, in both form and content, are reshaped by the forces of globalization and postmodernism. Drawing on an interdisciplinary approach, the author examines the works of Jorge Volpi, Yuri Herrera, Guillermo Fadanelli, Eloy Urroz, Julián Herbert, Álvaro Enrigue, Valeria Luiselli, Pedro Ángel Palou, Guadalupe Nettel, Verónica Gerber Bicecci, and Mario Bellatin, exploring the themes of globalization, ethics, history, love, and literary forms. By addressing the critical intersections of these issues, the book makes a timely contribution to the study of contemporary Mexican literature in the context of a rapidly changing world.
