Postmodernism's role in Latin American literature: the life and work of Augusto Roa Bastos
Weldt-Basson, Helene C.
Featuring contributions from respected scholars, this volume offers a comprehensive introduction to Augusto Roa Bastos's work and contextualizes themes of nationhood, identity, and history. INDICE: Poetry's Expository Function in Contexts of Linguistic Inequality:The Guarani Verse of Augusto Roa Bastos; T.K.Lewis - Augusto Roa Bastos and Argentine Film; D.W.Foster - Postmodernism and its Signs in 'Juegos nocturnos' by Augusto Roa Bastos; F.Burgos - Rhizomatic Writing in Augusto Roa Bastos's Short Stories; F.R.Nogueira - Gender and the State in Hijo de hombre: Transgression and Integration; K. MacLean - Verba volant, scripta manent: Orality and Literacy in I the Supreme; G.Verdesio - Tyranny and Foundation: Appropriations of the Hero and Re-readings of the Nation in Augusto Roa Bastos and Jean-Claude Fignolé; J. Uriarte - Rewriting in Roa Bastos's Late Fiction: 'El ojo de la luna,' El Fiscal, and Los conjurados del Quilombo del Gran Chaco; J.C.GuerreroAll Women are Whores: Prostitution, Female Archetypes, and Feminism in the Works of Augusto Roa Bastos; H.C.Weldt-Basson
- ISBN: 978-0-230-61766-7
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha Publicación: 23/07/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés