Caught in the Ethnographic Trap: The Disenchantment of Magical Realism in Novels by Junot Díaz and Alberto Fuguet

Hispania ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-225
Author(s):  
Silvia Mejía
Keyword(s):  
Magical Realism ◽  
Junot Diaz ◽  
Alberto Fuguet

Myth and the Fantastic in the Work of Junot Díaz

2020 ◽  
pp. 241-266
Author(s):  
Justine McConnell
Keyword(s):  
Magical Realism ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Greek Myth ◽  
Junot Diaz ◽  
The Fantastic ◽  
Marvel Comics ◽  
House Of Atreus

This chapter explores the ways in which Junot Díaz draws on ancient Greek myth in two of his works, Drown (1996) and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007). Placing Greek myth alongside the stories from other fantastical worlds, such as those found in the works of Tolkien and Marvel Comics, Díaz offers a pathway to realms seemingly not affected by transatlantic slavery, racism, or modern dictatorship and diaspora. Yet, as much work on magical realism has shown, a turn to the fantastic can be deeply political. Díaz’s evocation of Greek myth (most prominently, those of Homer’s Odyssey and the House of Atreus) is given only as much space as the myths of other times and places, thereby stripping the classical canon of the aura of superiority which it gained during the colonial period. In doing so, Díaz works to creates a new epic for the Dominican diaspora.

Alberto Fuguet, Cronista.

2014 ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Patricia Poblete Alday
Keyword(s):  
Alberto Fuguet ◽  
Sobre Todo

ResumenPOBLETE ALDAY, Patricia. ALBERTO FUGUET, CRONISTA. Lit. lingüíst.[online]. 2013, n.27, pp. 97-110. ISSN 0716-5811.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0716-58112013000100006.Periodista, escritor y cineasta, la de cronista acaso sea la faceta menos conocida del chileno Alberto Fuguet (1964). Este artículo propone una mirada a este aspecto de su obra, sobre el criterio de que sus crónicas nos proporcionan un valioso material no sólo para complementar el estudio de sus textos de ficción, sino también y sobre todo, para analizar las relaciones que periodismo y literatura establecen, desde este género, en la época contemporánea. Ello con miras a comprender su actual auge, su revalorización por parte del público y de las editoriales, y su paulatina legitimación como material de estudio académico. 

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