| Myth and History in the Contemporary Spanish Novel Contributor(s): Labanyi, Jo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521288460 ISBN-13: 9780521288460 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $44.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines - Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American |
| Dewey: 863.6 |
| LCCN: 2012462132 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6" W x 9" (0.95 lbs) 292 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Since the Civil War, Spanish novelists have produced a noteworthy body of fiction. In this book, Jo Labanyi provides detailed textual analysis of six of the most important novels to have been written during this period: Martin-Santos' Tiempo de silencio, Benet's Volver s a Regi n, Mars 's Si te dicen que ca , Cela's San Camilo, 1936, Juan Goytisolo's Reivindicaci n del conde don Juli n, and Torrente Ballester's La saga/fuga de J.B. The focus on myth as a response to history is intended as a corrective to archetypal myth criticism, and stresses the variety of ways in which Spanish novelists have resorted to myth, and the need to relate their use of it to the historical context of Francoist ideology. The book also raises important general issues about the ways in which fiction, as a form of mythification, relates to the real world. |