Journalism and the Development of Spanish American Narrative

A broad historical panorama of the journalist/narrative interaction, exploring the impact of journalism and journalistic rhetoric on the development of Spanish American narrative.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; 1. Journalism, modernity, and narrative fiction in Spanish America; 2. Journalism and (dis)simulation in El Periquillo Sarmiento; 3. Sarmiento and sensationalist journalism: Facundo as crime story; 4. Journalism versus genealogy: Ricardo Palma's Tradiciones peruanas; 5. Journalism and the self: the Modernist chronicle; 6. Journalism and the ethics of writing: Borges, Garcia Márquez, Vargas Llosa, Poniatowska; Notes; Bibliography of works cited; Index.

Summary

A broad historical panorama of the journalist/narrative interaction, exploring the impact of journalism and journalistic rhetoric on the development of Spanish American narrative.

Product details

• Authors: Anibal Gonzalez, Aníbal González
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2015
• EAN: 9780521414258
• ISBN: 978-0-521-41425-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 415 g
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Latin Ame
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics