Title The synthesis novel in Latin America : a study on João Guimarães Rosa's Grande sertão--veredas / by Eduardo de Faria Coutinho

Published Chapel Hill : U.N.C. Dept. of Romance Languages, 1991

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Description 1 online resource (170 pages) Series North Carolina studies in the Romance languages and literatures ; no. 237 North Carolina studies in the Romance languages and literatures ; no. 237 Contents Cover; THE ""SYNTHESIS"" NOVEL IN LATIN AMERICA; Title; Copyright; Dedication; TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I: LATIN AMERICAN NOVEL TODAY; 1. Regionalism and Universalism; 2. The Expansion of the Concept of Reality; 3. The Revolution of Language; 4. The ""Synthesis"" Novel; 5. The ""New Narrative"" and the Medieval Romance of Chivalry; 6. The Phenomenon of the ""Boom""; 7. Revitalization of the Novel Genre; PART II: JOÃO GUIMARÃES ROSA'S GRANDE SERTÃO VEREDAS; 1. Grande sertão: veredas: a ""Synthesis"" Novel; 2. Character and Space in Grande sertão: veredas 2.1. The Jagunço Riobaldo2.2. The Sertão and the World; 3. The Dimensions of Reality in Grande sertão: veredas; 3.1. The Logos and the Mythos; 3.2. The Ambiguity of Diadorim; 3.3. The Issue of Chance in Riobaldo's Life; 4. Grande sertão: veredas: a Committed Novel; 4.1. The Revitalization of Language; 4.2. The Search for Expression: Living vs. Narrating; 4.3. The Monologue-Dialogue Technique; 4.4. Grande sertão: veredas: an Epic, Lyrical and Dramatic Work; 4.5. The Real and the Imaginary in the Universe of Grande sertão: veredas; 4.5.1. Story vs. History 4.5.2. A ""Synthesis"" Type of Language4.6. Guimarães Rosa's Aesthetic Revolution; 4.6.1. Revitalization and Commitment; 4.6.2. The Role of the Reader; BIBLIOGRAPHY; General Works; Works on Latin American Literature; Works by and about João Guimarães Rosa; Back Cover Analysis Latin American fiction 20th century History and criticism Rosa, João Guimarães 1908-1967 Grande sertão Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-170) Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL pda Print version record Subject Rosa, João Guimarães, 1908-1967. Grande sertão. Latin American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 1469642603 (electronic bk.) 9781469642604 (electronic bk.)

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