The Latin American short story at its limits : fragmentation, hybridity and intermediality / Lucy Bell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bell, Lucy, 1986- author.

Series:

Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone cultures ; 4.

Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone cultures ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rulfo, Juan--Criticism and interpretation.

Rulfo, Juan.

Cortázar, Julio--Criticism and interpretation.

Cortázar, Julio.

Monterroso, Augusto--Criticism and interpretation.

Monterroso, Augusto.

Cortázar, Julio.

Spanish American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Spanish American literature.

Short story.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

178 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leeds : Legenda, 2014.

Summary:

The Latin American short story has often been viewed in terms of its relation to orality, tradition and myth. But this desire to celebrate the difference of Latin American culture unwittingly contributes to its exoticization, failing to do justice to its richness, complexity and contemporaneity. By re-reading and re-viewing the short stories of Juan Rulfe, Julio Cortázar and Augusto Monterroso, Bell reveals the hybridity of this genre. It is at once rooted in traditional narrative and fragmented by modern experience; its residual qualities are revived through emergent forms. Crucially, its oral and mythical characteristics are compounded with the formal traits of modern, emerging media: photography, cinema, telephony, journalism, and cartoon art. Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures are selected and edited by the Association of Hispanists of Great Britain & Ireland. The series seeks to publish the best new research in all areas of the literature, thought, history, culture, film, and languages of Spain, Spanish America, and the Portuguese-speaking world. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Juan Rulfo, the Transculturator 27

2 Julio Cortázar, the World-Opener 66

3 Atigusto Monterroso, the Microwriter 110.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-174) and index.

ISBN:

9781909662131

1909662135

OCLC:

883870450