Love and politics in the contemporary Spanish American novel / by Anibal Gonzalez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

González, Aníbal.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Spanish American fiction.

Sentimentalism in literature.

Politics and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Latin American Literary Boom was marked by complex novels steeped in magical realism and questions of nationalism, often with themes of surreal violence. In recent years, however, those revolutionary projects of the sixties and seventies have given way to quite a different narrative vision and ideology. Dubbed the new sentimentalism, this trend is now keenly elucidated in Love and Politics in the Contemporary Spanish American Novel. Offering a rich account of the rise of this new mode, as well as its political and cultural implications, Aníbal González delivers a close reading of novels by Miguel Barnet, Elena Poniatowska, Isabel Allende, Alfredo Bryce Echenique, Gabriel García Márquez, Antonio Skármeta, Luis Rafael Sánchez, and others. González proposes that new sentimental novels are inspired principally by a desire to heal the division, rancor, and fear produced by decades of social and political upheaval. Valuing pop culture above the avant-garde, such works also tend to celebrate agape-the love of one's neighbor-while denouncing the negative effects of passion (eros). Illuminating these and other aspects of post-Boom prose, Love and Politics in the Contemporary Spanish American Novel takes a fresh look at contemporary works.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION From Testimonial Narrative to the New Sentimental Novel: Barnet and Poniatowska

ONE Patriotic Passion: Isabel Allende's Of Love and Shadows

TWO Love or Friendship? Tarzan's Tonsillitis by Alfredo Bryce Echenique

THREE Journey Back to the Source of Love: García Márquez's Of Love and Other Demons

FOUR Recipes for Romance: Laura Esquivel, Luis Sepúlveda, and Marcela Serrano

FIVE The Importance of Being Sentimental: Antonio Skármeta's Love-Fifteen and Luis Rafael Sánchez's La importancia de llamarse Daniel Santos

Appendix Some Spanish American Novels with Amorous or Sentimental Themes (1969-2003)

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-292-79303-0

OCLC:

609699228