Fictional First-Person Discourses in Cuban Diaspora Novels [electronic resource] : The Author Within and Beyond Textual Boundaries1

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosales Herrera, Raul.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cuban fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Cuban fiction--21st century--History and criticism.

First person narrative--History and criticism.

Cuban fiction.

Cuban fiction--History and criticism--21st century.

First person narrative.

Local Subjects:

Cuban fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Cuban fiction--21st century--History and criticism.

First person narrative--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text is an examination of Cuban diasporic novels since 1980, critically examining the autobiographical elements of the novels and the authors who wrote them. It contributes to studying the particularities of Cuban literature produced by Cuban writers published beyond the nation's boundaries. From the beginning the author defines the difference between diaspora and exile. The text then studies Cuban writers outside of the nation taking into consideration the variations which occur in their life experiences. While studying the authors in three different periodic phases, the author discovers

Contents:

FICTIONAL FIRST-PERSON DISCOURSES IN CUBAN DIASPORA NOVELS: The Author Within and Beyond Textual Boundaries; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: The Mariel Generation: Symbolic Figurations of the Marginalized Exile; Chapter 1. Guillermo Rosales's Boarding Home (1987); Chapter 2. Miguel Correa's Al norte del infierno (1983); Part Two: The Special Period: (Meta-) Fictional Discourses and the Displaced Subject; Chapter 3. Zoe Valdes's La Nada Cotidiana (1995); Chapter 4. Daina Chaviano's El Hombre, La Hembra y el Hambre (1998)

Part Three: Recent First-Generation Cuban Exile Writing: Performing Identity in the Cuban-American PresentChapter 5. Hilda Perera's La Noche de Ina (1993); Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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ISBN:

0-7734-2066-5

OCLC:

778463011