| Beyond Bolaño: The Global Latin American Novel Contributor(s): Hoyos, Héctor (Author) |
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ISBN: 023116842X ISBN-13: 9780231168427 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $59.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Caribbean & Latin American - Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 863.009 |
| LCCN: 2014014338 |
| Series: Literature Now |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.2" W x 9" (1.15 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Through a comparative analysis of the novels of Roberto Bola o and the fictional work of C sar Aira, Mario Bellatin, Diamela Eltit, Chico Buarque, Alberto Fuguet, and Fernando Vallejo, among other leading authors, H ctor Hoyos defines and explores new trends in how we read and write in a globalized era. Calling attention to fresh innovations in form, voice, perspective, and representation, he also affirms the lead role of Latin American authors in reshaping world literature. Focusing on post-1989 Latin American novels and their representation of globalization, Hoyos considers the narrative techniques and aesthetic choices Latin American authors make to assimilate the conflicting forces at work in our increasingly interconnected world. Challenging the assumption that globalization leads to cultural homogenization, he identifies the rich textual strategies that estrange and re-mediate power relations both within literary canons and across global cultural hegemonies. Hoyos shines a light on the unique, avant-garde phenomena that animate these works, such as modeling literary circuits after the dynamics of the art world, imagining counterfactual "Nazi" histories, exposing the limits of escapist narratives, and formulating textual forms that resist worldwide literary consumerism. These experiments help reconfigure received ideas about global culture and advance new, creative articulations of world consciousness. |