Unraveling the real : the fantastic in Spanish-American ficciones / Cynthia Duncan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duncan, Cynthia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fantasy fiction, Spanish American--History and criticism.

Fantasy fiction, Spanish American.

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

Spanish American fiction.

Literature and society--Latin America--History--20th century.

Literature and society.

Metaphysics in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In literary and cinematic fictions, the fantastic blurs the lines between reality and fantasy. Lacking a consensus on definition, critics often describe the fantastic as supernatural, or similar to, but quite different from fantasy, science fiction, and magical realism. In Unraveling the Real Cynthia Duncan provides a new theoretical framework for discussing how the fantastic explores both metaphysical and socially relevant themes in Spanish American fictions. Duncan deftly shows how authors and artists have used this literary genre to convey marginalized voice

Contents:

Introduction. The fantastic as a literary genre

Modernist short stories and the fantastic

The fantastic as an interrogation of literary practices

Reclaiming history: fantastic journeys in time and space

Psychoanalytic readings of the fantastic

The fantastic and the conventions of gothic romance

Women writers of the fantastic

Cinematic encounters with the fantastic

Conclusion. Fantastic literature in Spanish America in the twenty-first century.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612899089

9781282899087

1282899082

9781439902424

1439902429

OCLC:

680041130