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1 online resource (xiv, 225 pages) |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Ambiguity, Gender Borders, and the Differing LiteraryTraditions of Brazil and Spanish America; Chapter Two: Jungian Theory and the New Novel of Latin America; Chapter Three: The Border Maintained; Chapter Four: The Border Challenged; Chapter Five: The Border Crossed; Chapter Six: The Mythical Hero, Transgressor of Borders; Chapter Seven: Writers, Characters, and the Journey of the Mythical Hero; Chapter Eight: Women and the Word; Conclusion; Notes; Works Consulted; Index |
| Summary |
In this first book-length study to compare the "new novels" of both Spanish America and Brazil, the authors deftly examine the differing perceptions of ambiguity as they apply to questions of gender and the participation of females and males in the establishment of Latin American narrative models. Their daring thesis: the Brazilian new novel developed a more radical form than its better-known Spanish-speaking cousin because it had a significantly different approach to the crucial issues of ambiguity and gender and because so many of its major practitioners were women. As a wis |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-218) and index |
| 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 |
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Latin American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Sex role in literature.
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Sex differences (Psychology) in literature.
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Brazilian fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism
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Brazilian fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Ambiguity in literature.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General.
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Ambiguity in literature
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Brazilian fiction
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Brazilian fiction -- Women authors
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Latin American fiction
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Sex differences (Psychology) in literature
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Sex role in literature
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Spaans.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fitz, Earl E
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| LC no. |
92037863 |
| ISBN |
1587291827 |
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9781587291821 |
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