scholarly journals El entenado, de Juan José Saer: “nueva crónica de Indias”, “nueva novela histórica”, “metaficción historiográfica”, “ficción y de archivo” y “novela neobarroca”

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (13) ◽  
pp. 146-177
Author(s):  
Raquel Crespo-Vila
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Historical Fiction ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Common Features ◽  
Juan Jose Saer ◽  
Latin American Narrative ◽  
Interpretive Programs ◽  
Novela Historica ◽  
Nueva Novela

Taking into account the different interpretative frameworks that have been proposed for a critical approach to the emergence of the historical fiction in the latest Latin-American narrative, the following article proposes a set of reading keys for the novel El entenado (1983), by Juan José Saer, paying attention, in a special way, to the metafictional and intertextual character of the novel, as common features to all the interpretive programs that will be considered.

Carlos Fuentes's Readings on Literary Traditions: From the New to the Great Latin American Novel

PMLA ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 128 (3) ◽  
pp. 698-701
Author(s):  
Anadeli Bencomo
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Gabriel Garcia Marquez ◽  
Mario Vargas Llosa ◽  
Juan Rulfo ◽  
American Novel ◽  
Literary Traditions ◽  
Latin American Narrative ◽  
Nueva Novela ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Narrative Forms

Carlos Fuentes, like many other writers of the Boom, discussed his peers' unprecedented renovation of Latin American narrative forms—specifically, the novel (e.g., Donoso; Vargas Llosa). In La nueva novela hispanoamericana (1969; “The New Spanish American Novel”), Fuentes reviews the most influential novels of the 1960s after presenting some of the founders of the literary modernity that preceded the Boom: Jorge Luis Borges, Juan Rulfo, Miguel Angel Asturias, and Alejo Carpentier. Fuentes focuses on the Boom's protagonists—Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel García Márquez, and Julio Cortázar—to highlight his ideas about the groundbreaking contributions of these novels.

scholarly journals El hombre de Montserrat: writings on violence in the latin american crime fiction

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-160
Author(s):  
Víctor Manuel Sanchis Amat
Keyword(s):  
American Literature ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Crime Fiction ◽  
Central American ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Detective Novel ◽  
Theoretical Terms ◽  
Central American Literature ◽  
Latin American Narrative ◽  
History Of

Abstract: The article adresses the novel El hombre de Montserrat, written by the Guatemalan writer Dante Liano and recognized within the genre of crime fiction, as a precursory model for a narrative that established a way of rewriting the history of violence in Central American countries in both fictional and theoretical terms. Dante Liano’s successful reception has turned the novel into a reference of the Central American literature of the nineties. This is due to the fact that his narrative is replete with mechanisms that were seen in the best works of the previous Latin American narrative, far from the great discourses, by a displaying genre hybridization, a parodic transgression or lexical localism. This article analyses the interweaving of genres and the subversion of the plot, the characters and the rewriting of the history against the postulates of the classic detective novel.

scholarly journals A la busca del Colón perdido: modulaciones en torno a la figura del Almirante en tres nuevas novelas históricas latinoamericanas

Anos 90 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (40) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Eduardo Niemetz
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Historical Novel ◽  
Alejo Carpentier ◽  
Historical Novels ◽  
Christopher Columbus ◽  
Abel Posse ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Fiction Writers ◽  
Novela Historica ◽  
Nueva Novela

ResumenA la busca del Colón perdido: modulaciones en torno a la figura del Almirante en tres nuevas novelas históricas latinoamericanas En este trabajo analizamos algunos de los modos en que la nueva novela histórica se relaciona con el material cronístico y documental. Tomamos como punto de referencia uno de los temas centrales de este fenómeno literario, el del descubrimiento y conquista de América, y nos centramos en la manera en que la figura de Cristóbal Colón es abordada por tres novelistas contemporáneos en sus producciones: El arpa y la sombra de Alejo Carpentier, Los perros del Paraíso de Abel Posse y El Conquistador de Federico Andahazi. Respetando una lienalidad cronológica, nos proponemos reflexionar sobre las diferentes modulaciones con que el material histórico y cronístico ha sido tratado por los escritores de ficción seleccionados, para comprender mejor cuáles son los modos en que la “historia” y la “literatura” se mixturan y se entrecruzan. Palabras clave: Nueva novela histórica, Ficción, Crónica, Cristóbal Colón. AbstractIn Search of Lost Columbus: modulations around the figure of Admiral in three new Latin American historical novels In this paper we analyze some of the ways in which the new historical novel relates to the conqueror´s chronicles and historical documents. We take as a point of reference one of the central themes of this literary phenomenon, the discovery and conquest of America, and focus on how the figure of Christopher Columbus is approached by three contemporary novelists in their productions: Alejo Carpentier´s El arpa y la sombra, Abel Posse´s Los perros del Paraíso and El conquistador by Federico Andahazi. Respecting a chronological order, we propose to reflect on the different modulations that the origianl materials have been treated by selected fiction writers, to better understand what are the ways in which 'history' and 'literature' are mixed and crosslinked.Keywords: New Historical Novel, Fiction, Cronicle, Cristopher Columbus.

scholarly journals „Borg er byggð. Og byggð er borg.“

Ritið ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Keyword(s):  
Urban Communities ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Gabriel Garcia Marquez ◽  
Isabel Allende ◽  
Emile Durkheim ◽  
Georg Simmel ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Latin American Narrative ◽  
The City

This introductory chapter focuses on the multiple and diverse representations of urban communities and their infinite complexity. Firstly, the chapter introduces samples of recent representations of the city of Reykjavík, from Icelandic artists and scholars. Then the focus shifts to Enrique del Acebo Ibáñez´s theoretical ideas, as revealed in his book Sociología del arraigo: Una lectura crítica de la teoría de la ciudad (1996), (Sociology of Rootedness: Theories on the Origin and Nature of Urban Communities), translated into Icelandic in 2007, where he discusses the complex phenomenon of the “city” and questions the role of its inhabitants. His reflections substantiate previous theories of scholars such as Ferdinand Tönnies, Emile Durkheim, Georg Simmel, Oswald Spengler, René König and Henri Lefebvre, whose writings are introduced and discussed in the chapter as well. Finally, the chapter applies a critical approach to a brief analysis of well-known Latin American narrative readily available in Icelandic, such as One hundred years of solitude (Cien años de soledad, 1967) by Gabriel García Márquez, The House of the Spirits (La casa de los espíritus, 1982) by Isabel Allende, and Amulet (Amuleto, 1999) by Eduardo Bolaño.

Las gestas de Aureliano Buendía: Sobre la literatura como crítica

2019 ◽  
Vol 131 (4) ◽  
pp. 469-486
Author(s):  
Francy Moreno Herrera
Keyword(s):  
The Novel ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
National History

This paper analyzes the critical approach to Aureliano Buendia's battles in the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude. It explores the events related to historic wars and analyzes the satire behind those episodes as they are narrated in the novel. The discussion shows how the effect of the absurd not only shapes a satirical view of the National History, but it also de- velops an acute criticism of war. In addition, the paper poses some ideas about our current wars, taking into account both the notion of »trace« developed by Paul Riceur, and Aureliano Buendia's satire of war.

¿¿Nueva narrativa? Entrevista con David Toscana

2002 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 351-362
Author(s):  
Pablo A. J. Brescia ◽  
Scott M. Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
The Past ◽  
Current State ◽  
Latin American Narrative ◽  
Boom Latinoamericano ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Time Frames ◽  
Insight Into

This interview with Mexican writer David Toscana ponders the current state of both Mexican and Latin American narrative and serves as an insight into his own works. Toscana's statements about the recurring themes in his narrative (failure, loneliness, characters put to the test, and a tendency to play with different time frames, especially in his novels) help illustrate some of the characteristics of his fiction, which, according to various critics, is one of the most promising today in Mexico. Also noteworthy are his comments about the tendency of writers from his generation (born in the 1960s and later) to reject the legacy of the "boom" writers. Toscana's own interest is to revisit history and tradition by constructing a different voice and a different vision, a new way of seeing and hearing both the past and the present. Esta entrevista con el escritor mexicano David Toscana trata de explorar el estado actual de la narrativa mexicana y latinoamericana, améén de servir como una aproximacióón a la incipiente obra de este autor. Las respuestas de Toscana sobre los temas recurrentes en su literatura (el fracaso, la soledad, los personajes sometidos a pruebas y una tendencia a proponer diferentes marcos temporales, especialmente en sus novelas) subrayan algunos rasgos de su ficcióón, la cual, segúún la críítica especializada, es una de las máás prometedoras en el panorama mexicano de hoy. De especial interéés son los comentarios de Toscana sobre la tendencia de los escritores de su generacióón a rechazar el legado del "boom" latinoamericano. Toscana reacciona contra ese rechazo y propone una voz personal que vuelva a la historia y a la tradicióón y plantee una nueva manera de ver el pasado y el presente de Mééxico.

An Irishman in America: Irishness and Belonging in Roddy Doyle’s Oh, Play That Thing

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Genoveffa Giambona ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Historical Fiction ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Novel

The purpose of this article is to analyse Roddy Doyle’s representations of Irishness and Ireland in Oh, Play That Thing (2004). The novel is the second instalment in Doyle’s The Last Roundup Trilogy, a historical fiction describing the making of the Irish nation through the adventures and misadventures of Henry Smart, its protagonist. In the novel, constructions of Irishness are projected onto the outside world through Henry’s picaresque travels in the United States. The article examines how Irishness is constructed in the book and how it becomes intertwined with identity construction in other minority groups.

An attempt to relieve oppression through the difficult paths of translation between Catalan and Spanish: The case of Avel·lí Artís-Gener

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesc Galera
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Latin American ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Novel ◽  
American Authors

In the uneasy context of the Francoist regime, some authors tried to alleviate the difficult cultural situation through creation and translation. This is the case of Avel·lí Artís-Gener, commonly known as Tísner, a Catalan writer who was exiled to Mexico for more than twenty years. Translation from Spanish into Catalan played a major role in Tísner’s efforts to keep Catalan culture alive, and this article presents the major translation initiatives in this language combination throughout the twentieth century in order to provide enough context to give Artís-Gener’s endeavours their real weight. In Mexico, he wrote his most famous novel, Paraules d’Opoton el Vell (‘Words of Opoton the elder’), which describes the imagined ‘discovery’ of Europe by the Aztecs and creates a bond between the fate of the Nahuatl and the Catalan people under the yoke of Spanish imperialism. In 1992 Artís-Gener decided that the novel had to be retranslated into Spanish and undertook that task himself. In addition, Tísner translated major Latin American authors from Spanish into Catalan, an experience that gave him the chance to regain control of the language imposed by the Francoist regime and use it as a form of relief from the political oppression.

scholarly journals El personaje femenino y la libertad temporal en tres novelas históricas de Angelina Muñiz: "Morada interior" (1972), "El Mercader de Tudela" (1995) y "La Burladora de Toledo" (2008)

1970 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 59-72
Author(s):  
Florien Serlet ◽  
Eugenia Helena Houvenghel
Keyword(s):  
Novela Historica ◽  
Nueva Novela ◽  
Siglo Xx

En este trabajo, analizaremos cómo Muñiz representa el exilio en sus novelas históricas a través del uso del tiempo y, más precisamente, cómo la autora privilegia protagonistas femeninas para vehicular sus particulares visiones acerca del tiempo y de la historia en sus obras. Y es que la autora continuamente juega con las fronteras temporales, al crear personajes capaces de moverse libremente entre el pasado remoto y el siglo XX. Así, pretendemos ofrecer una nueva visión acerca de la manera de que esta escritora aprovecha las libertades temporales de la nueva novela histórica como una manera de vivir –y revivir– el exilio a través de personajes femeninos.

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