Questing fictions : Latin America's family romance / Djelal Kadir ; foreword by Terry Cochran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kadir, Djelal.

Series:

Theory and history of literature ; v. 32.

Theory and history of literature ; v. 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish American fiction--History and criticism.

Spanish American fiction.

Quests (Expeditions) in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 163 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Questing Fictions was first published in 1986. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Questing Fictions analyzes twentieth-century Latin American fiction in the light of contemporary literary theory. Djelal Kadir examines key works by several writers-including Jorges Luis Borges, Octavio Paz, Lezama Lima, Alejo Carpentier, Juan Rulfo, and Carlos Fuentes-and demonstrates how these writers are obliged to invent their own reality.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1. Overture: Errant Landscape/Untimely Pilgrimage; 2. Borges's Ghost Writer; 3. Erotomania: Mexico's Gothic Family Romance; 4. Baroque, or the Untenable Ground: Quest as Self-Reminiscence; 5. The Quest's Impossible Self-Seeking; Notes; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8245-3

OCLC:

476092920