Studies in the Literary Achievement of João Guimarães Rosa, the Foremost Brazilian Writer of the Twentieth Century [electronic resource] : The Foremost Brazilian Writer of the 20th Century

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leite, Ligia Chiappini Moraes.

Contributor:

Treece, Dave.

Vejmelka, Marcel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rosa, João Guimarães, 1908-1967--Criticism and interpretation.

Rosa, João Guimarães, 1908-1967.

Rosa, João Guimarães, 1908-1967--Criticism and interpretation.

Rosa, João Guimarães.

Local Subjects:

Rosa, João Guimarães, 1908-1967--Criticism and interpretation.

Rosa, João Guimarães, 1908-1967.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (454 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of centenary conference essays examines and analyzes the literature of João Guimarães Rosa and his impact on literature.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; The multiple dimensions of Guimarães RosaAlfredo Bosi; Reading Guimarães Rosa Today: An InventoryWalnice Nogueira Galvão; Translating Guimarães Rosa into EnglishDavid Treece; The Un/translatability of Cultures: The Case of João Guimarães RosaHorst Nitschack; Moimeichego, or Fraquilim Meimeio? (The Role of the Translator of That Which We Call Rosa)Vlasta Dufková; Traductor in fabula. Linguistic Cooperation in the Italian Translation of Guimarães RosaRoberto Mulinacci

Sertão, Savanna and Musseques. Space and Language in João Guimarães Rosa in Dialogue with African RealitiesMarcel VejmelkaThe Reception of João Guimarães Rosa in FranceJacqueline Penjon; Routes of Death and Life: Rosa's Works in Seminars in Minas GeraisLélia Parreira Duarte; João Guimarães Rosa in Spain. The Revista de Cultura BrasileñaPilar Gómez Bedate; Drunken Memory: Trauma and Representation in Primeiras estóriasEttore Finazzi-Agrò; The Right to Interiority in João Guimarães RosaLigia Chiappini; Becoming a Jaguar as an Act of Resistance: "Meu tio o Iauaretê" and the Tupi-GuaraniLúcia Sá

Casa Grande Sertão: Exception and Literature in Guimarães Rosa (In the Light of a Novel by Cornélio Penna)Roberto VecchiFemale Voices in Guimarães Rosa's WorkCleusa Rios P. Passos; Voices from the Centre and from the Periphery Sandra Guardini T. Vasconcelos; João Guimarães Rosa's East-Western sertãoFrancis Utéza; The veredas of Time. Dialectics of Time Images in Grande Sertão: Veredas by João Guimarães RosaVincenzo Arsillo; Diadorim: The Offering of LoveFlávio Aguiar; "I Could Stop Here": Figures of Rereading in Grande Sertão: VeredasClara Rowland

Voices of Violence in the Backlands: A Dramatic Reading of an Episode of Grande Sertão: VeredasWilli BolleThe Backlands of the Liberal Republic (1889-1930): State of Violence and State ViolenceLuiz Roncari; The Child's World-view in the sertão of Minas GeraisUte Hermanns; Miguilim at the Movies: From the Novella "Campo Geral" to the Film MutumAna Luiza Martins Costa; João Guimarães Rosa, My FatherVilma Guimarães Rosa; Index

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ISBN:

0-7734-1108-9

OCLC:

795120345