The Cinematic Novel and Postmodern Pop Fiction : the case of Manuel Puig / Décio Torres Cruz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cruz, Décio Torres, author.

Series:

FILLM studies in languages and literatures ; v. 13.

FILLM studies in languages and literatures, 2213-428X ; volume 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Puig, Manuel--Criticism and interpretation.

Puig, Manuel.

Motion pictures and literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 325 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2019]

Summary:

"Décio Torres Cruz approaches connections between literature and cinema partly through issues of gender and identity, and partly through issues of reality and representation. In doing so, he looks at the various ways in which people have thought of the so-called cinematic novel, tracing the development of that genre concept not only in the French ciné-roman and film scenarios but also in novels from the United States, England, France, and Latin America. The main tendency he identifies is the blending of the cinematic novel with pop literature, through allusions to Pop Art and other postmodern cultural trends. His prime exhibits are a number of novels by the Argentinian writer Manuel Puig: Betrayed by Rita Hayworth; Heartbreak Tango; The Buenos Aires Affair; Kiss of the Spider Woman; and Pubis angelical. Bringing in suggestive sociocultural and psychoanalytical considerations, Cruz shows how, in Puig's hands, the cinematic novel resulted in a pop collage of different texts, films, discourses, and narrative devices which fused reality and imagination into dream and desire"-- Provided by publisher.

"D�ecio Torres Cruz approaches connections between literature and cinema partly through issues of gender and identity, and partly through issues of reality and representation. In doing so, he looks at the various ways in which people have thought of the so-called cinematic novel, tracing the development of that genre concept not only in the French cin�e-roman and film scenarios but also in novels from the United States, England, France, and Latin America. The main tendency he identifies is the blending of the cinematic novel with pop literature, through allusions to Pop Art and other postmodern cultural trends. His prime exhibits are a number of novels by the Argentinian writer Manuel Puig: Betrayed by Rita Hayworth; Heartbreak Tango; The Buenos Aires Affair; Kiss of the Spider Woman; and Pubis angelical. Bringing in suggestive sociocultural and psychoanalytical considerations, Cruz shows how, in Puig's hands, the cinematic novel resulted in a pop collage of different texts, films, discourses, and narrative devices which fused reality and imagination into dream and desire"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cinemta(tic) novel: definitions and brief historical overview

Pop art and Puig's polyphonic pop narrative

From reel to real: the fusion of reality and fiction in Puig's cinematic discourse in Betrayed by Rita Hayworth

Dancing a Heartbreak Tango with Hollywood stars and their Boquitas Pintadas

The Buenos Aires Affairs

The Spider Woman's polyphonic web of desire

Puig's characters and their mythical identity in Publis angelical

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Torres Cruz, Décio, The cinematic novel and Manuel Puig's postmodern pop narrative

ISBN:

9789027204646

9027204640

OCLC:

1121423454

Publisher Number:

99983660128