Gustavo Sainz: Postmodernism in the Mexican Novel Contributor(s): Rudnick, Hans H. (Editor), Fernandez, Salvador C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820437212 ISBN-13: 9780820437217 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Binding Type: Hardcover Published: March 1999 Click for more in this series: Studies in Literary Criticism and Theory |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Literary Criticism | European - Spanish & Portuguese |
Dewey: 863 |
LCCN: 97047777 |
Series: Studies in Literary Criticism and Theory |
Physical Information: 151 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Cultural Region - Mexican |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In this study Professor Fernandez examines narratives written by Gustavo Sainz as representative postmodernist fiction. The author focuses on Sainz's use of narrative techniques associated with postmodernism, such as carnivalized images, hybridization and fragmentation, and historiographic metafiction. The author also analyzes Sainz's novels as a cultural response and a criticism of the literary and sociopolitical hegemony of modernism. Finally, Professor Fernandez suggests that Sainz's novels represent both a national and a universal expression of Mexico's hybrid society, especially during the civil unrest of 1968." |
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