Reflections on Authority and Fiction

Reflections on Authority and Fiction
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Total Pages : 542
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ISBN-10 : WISC:89013316336
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Synopsis Reflections on Authority and Fiction by : Marie Grethe Murphy

Latin American Writers

Latin American Writers
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Publisher : Vantage Press
Total Pages : 190
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ISBN-10 : PSU:000019608822
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Synopsis Latin American Writers by : Alok Bhalla

Authorizing Fictions

Authorizing Fictions
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Publisher : Tamesis Books
Total Pages : 140
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ISBN-10 : 1855660202
ISBN-13 : 9781855660205
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis Authorizing Fictions by : Marie Murphy

A critique of the Chilean novelist's A House in the country, studying particularly its representation of the many-faceted concept of `authority'. Casa de campo combines the techniques of traditional novels with the 20th-century intermingling of reality and fiction. The novel's central theme of authority as figured in the discourse, its play between reality and illusion, and its dialogue with literature and society as a whole form the subject of this study. Murphy explores the illusory authority of the narrator in controlling characters' voices, and establishes a parallel with the characters'contradictory power over each other; the ploys of the narrator recall and parody the authoritarian regime which is reflected in the novel. The narrator's authority is further defined in a reading of the novel in which author, narrator, reader and character become linguistic constructs in a textual play, and meanings emerge at variance with the authorized commentary. MARIE MURPHY is an Assistant Professor of Spanish at Loyola College in Maryland.

MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures

MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures
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Total Pages : 3176
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105026449327
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Synopsis MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures by : Modern Language Association of America

Vols. for 1969- include ACTFL annual bibliography of books and articles on pedagogy in foreign languages 1969-

Bibliographic Guide to Latin American Studies

Bibliographic Guide to Latin American Studies
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Total Pages : 768
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015079643154
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Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Bibliographic Guide to Latin American Studies by : Benson Latin American Collection

The Obscene Bird of Night

The Obscene Bird of Night
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Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
Total Pages : 452
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ISBN-10 : 1567920462
ISBN-13 : 9781567920468
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis The Obscene Bird of Night by : José Donoso

This haunting jungle of a novel has been hailed as "a masterpiece" by Luis Bunuel and "one of the great novels not only of Spanish America, but of our time" by Carlos Fuentes. The story of the last member of the aristocratic Azcoitia family, a monstrous mutation protected from the knowledge of his deformity by being surrounded with other freaks as companions, The Obscene Bird of Night is a triumph of imaginative, visionary writing. Its luxuriance, fecundity, horror, and energy will not soon fade from the reader's mind -- Back cover

The Garden Next Door

The Garden Next Door
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Total Pages : 243
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ISBN-10 : 0802133681
ISBN-13 : 9780802133687
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis The Garden Next Door by : José Donoso

A Chilean writer named Julio and his wife, Gloria, are at a low point in their lives. Constantly bickering, the pair are beset by worries about money, their writing, and their son (who may or may not be plying the oldest profession in Marrakesh). When Julio's boyhood best friend, now a famous artist, lends the couple his luxurious Madrid apartment for the summer, it is an escape for both - but in particular for Julio, who fantasizes about the garden next door and the erotic life of the lovely young aristocratic woman who inhabits it. But Julio's life - and career - unravel In Madrid: he is rebuffed by a famous literary agent, Nuria Monclus, who detests him and his novel; his son's friend from Marrakesh moves in and causes havoc; and Gloria begins to drink. In the face of pitiless adversity, Julio's talent inexorably begins to fade. The garden next door, however, is also Gloria, who has been doing some creating of her own. It is this twist that transforms Donoso's brilliant satire of the writer's life into something even greater: a carefully crafted and bitteily comic meditation on gardens, deceit, and the nature of a writer's muse.