Literature and subjection : the economy of writing and marginality in Latin America

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Legras, Horacio, Author.

Series:

Illuminations (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

Illuminations Literature and subjection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Latin American literature.

Marginality, Social, in literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] University of Pittsburgh Press 2008

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Through theoretical, philosophical, cultural, political, and historical analysis, Horacio Legras views the myriad factors that have both formed and stifled the integration of peripheral experiences into Latin American literature. Despite these barriers, Legras reveals a handful of contemporary authors who have attempted in earnest to present marginalized voices to the Western world. His deep and insightful analysis of key works by novelists Juan Jose Saer (The Witness), Nellie Campobello (Cartucho), Roa Bastos (Son of Man), and Jose María Arguedas (The Fox from Up Above and the Fox from Down Below), among others, provides a theoretical basis for understanding the plight of the author, the peripheral voice and the confines of the literary medium. What emerges is an intricate discussion of the clash and subjugation of cultures and the tragedy of a lost worldview."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Literature, subjection, and the historical Project of Latin American literature

Foundling selves, foundational others: Juan Jose Saer's The witness

Coloniality and the empire of the letter

Literature as presentation of the subject

Guzmán, Campobello, Muñoz : literary strategies in the face of revolution

The cross of literature in Paraguay : the critical legacy of Augusto Roa Bastos

The end of recognition : Arguedas and the limits of cultural subjection.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-282) and index.

ISBN:

9780822973461

0822973464

OCLC:

1430817663