The Emergence of the Latin American Novel

Dr Brotherston surveys the modern novel of Spanish-speaking America. He starts with an introduction on 'settings and people', going on to consider individual modern novels.

List of contents

Preface; introduction; 1. Settings and people; 2. America's magic forest: Miguel Ángel Asturias; 3. The genesis of America: Alejo Carpentier; 4. Survival in the sullied city: Juan Rulfo; 6. Intellectual geography; Juilo Cortázar; 7. Tupac Amaru dismembered: José María Arguedas; 8. Social structures; 9. An end to secular solitude: Gabriel García Márquez; 10. A permanent home?; Notes; Index.

Summary

Dr Brotherston surveys the modern novel of Spanish-speaking America. He starts by showing the growth of a sense of Latin American identity in the fiction produced in the continent as a whole. There follow studies of modern novels, taken as representative of their time, their author, their country and the continent.

Product details

• Authors: Gordon Brotherston
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2010
• EAN: 9780521295659
• ISBN: 978-0-521-29565-9
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 230 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies