Tender accents of sound : Spanish in the Chicano novel in English / Ernst Rudin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rudin, Ernst.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--Mexican American authors--History and criticism.

American fiction.

English language--United States--Foreign words and phrases--Spanish.

English language.

Spanish language--United States--Influence on English.

Spanish language.

Languages in contact--United States.

Languages in contact.

Mexican Americans--Language.

Mexican Americans.

American fiction--Mexican American authors.

United States.

Mexican Americans in literature.

Physical Description:

xiii, 285 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Tempe, Arizona : Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe, [1996]

Summary:

This work is the first book-length analysis of the strategic use of Spanish and its significance in the Chicano novel. This study analyzes the Spanish language elements that appear in nineteen Chicano prose narratives in English (most of which are novels) published between 1967 and the late 1980s. The author includes chapters on the language of Chicano literature, bilingualism in Chicano society and literature, language as a theme, the Chicano novelist as a translator of cultural differences, and "Hispanicized English and Fictitious Spanish". Among the works studied are Raymond Barrio's The Plum Plum Pickers, Ron Arias's The Road to Tamazunchale, Nash Candelaria's Memories of the Alhambra, Rolando Hinojosa's The Valley, and Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima. A bibliography, index, and statistical analysis of the subject matter are also featured.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [254]-266) and indexes.

ISBN:

0927534525

OCLC:

31171434