Imaginarios literarios políticos en el Brasileño Jorge Amado [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nascimento dos Santos, Daiana.

Language:

Portuguese

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Amado, Jorge, 1912-2001--Political and social views.

Amado, Jorge.

Amado, Jorge, 1912-2001--Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2011.

Language Note:

Portuguese

Summary:

This book analyzes the influence and importance of the political convictions from the Brazilian writer Jorge Amado in the most representative phase of his literary career. The works presented in this book deal with social and political themes found within Amado's novels from 1930-1950. More explicitly the book examines how Amado was influenced by communist ideology and employed literary strategies to legitimize his thought. In addition the book compares Amado's representations of Brazilian people's lives with political speeches during Getulio Vargas' Estado Novo while providing a lumpenproleta

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedicatoria; Tabla de Contenidos; Abstract: English; Resumen: Espanol; Prologo: Espanol; Preface: English; Agradecimientos: Espanol; Introduccion; Capitulo I: La Retorica del Socialismo como Salvacion para la Humanidad en la Escritura de Jorge Amado; Capitulo II: El Concepto de Pueblo en Jorge Amado; Capitulo III: La Actuacion del Pueblo como Agente de Transformacion; Capitulo IV: La Ideologia Socialista en Tierras Tupiniquines; Conclusion; Referencias Bibliografias; Indice

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ISBN:

0-7734-2156-4

OCLC:

793511322