The Spanish American regional novel : modernity and autochthony / Carlos J. Alonso.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alonso, Carlos J., author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in Latin American and Iberian literature ; 2.

Cambridge studies in Latin American and Iberian literature ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Spanish American fiction.

Regionalism in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 212 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Carlos Alonso's study provides a radical re-examination of the novela de la tierra or regional novel, which plays a central part in the development of Latin American fiction in the first half of the twentieth century. He identifies the regional novel as a specific literary manifestation of the persistent meditation on cultural authochthony that has characterized Latin American cultural production from its beginnings, and which in his view springs from Latin America's problematic relationship with Modernity. He proposes a view of the autochthonous as a discourse rather than a referent. Professor Alonso presents his argument through challenging readings of three works that are universally acknowledged as archetypes of the autochthonous modality: Rivera's La voragine, Gallegos's Dona Barbara and Guiraldes's Don Segundo Sombra.

Contents:

Introduction: The exoticism of the autochthonous

The novela de la tierra

Don Segundo Sombra

Doña Bárbara

La vorágine

Epilogue.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780511830389

0511830386

9781139085922

1139085921

9780511519376

0511519370

Publisher Number:

2027/heb07571 hdl