Vanguardia y renovación en la narrativa latinoamericana (original) (raw)

Latin American Literature from the Boom On

Postmodern Fiction: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide, 1986

Latin American Literature from the "Boom" On Contemporary writing in Latin America begins by being, if not postmodernist, then at least paramodernist, for it has never accommodated, feature for feature, the hegemonic Western modernist episteme from its inception in the early seventeenth century to its high modernist swan song in the first three decades of the twentieth century. I We could say that the 1960s "Boom" in Latin American literature takes its point of departure from the high modernists' (Joyce, Kafka, Faulkner) ambivalence (hostility, destruction, and nostalgia) toward a waning modernist discourse. This is true in part. But to favor such a criterion is mistakenly to recognize Latin American culture as the product of European (or Western) history, suffering by comparison in a kind of culturally unequal development.' Latin American literature, for example, may be seen as an echo of Western literature: Jorge Luis Borges "repeats" and even plagiarizes "our" Western heritage; Julio Cortazar* continues Kafka; Gabriel Garcia Marquez* tropicalizes Faulkner; Guillermo Cabrera Infante Cubanizes Joyce. It can be read as an exercise in deference, although very often resulting in parody, whether by default or intentioned irreverence. In this spirit, Cortazar celebrated Lezama Lima's un-self-conscious borrowing and deformation of European texts which beCome mere raw material in the purposefully naive American hand. 3 Finally, Latin American literature has also been understood as an expression of national or regional identity that is discontinuous with foreign models: These views may not be mutually exclusive; rather, the Boom's combination of admiration for the First World masters and their parodic manipulation helps account for its enormous international success. A typical, and to a great degree justified, impression would read as follows: Latin American literature, especially narrative, hit the intemation&iliterary scene like a tornado, leaving behind a path strewn with prestigious literary prizes ana starry-eyed, awed, and even envious writers from the European and

A History of Mexican Literature

2015

History of Mexican Literature chronicles a story more than five hundred years in the making, looking at the development of literary culture in Mexico from its indigenous beginnings to the twenty-first century. Featuring a comprehensive introduction that charts the development of a complex canon, this History includes extensive essays that illuminate the cultural and political intricacies of Mexican literature. The essays are organized thematically and survey the multilayered verse and fiction of such diverse writers as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mariano Azuela, Xavier Villaurrutia, and Octavio Paz. Written by a host of leading scholars, this History also devotes special attention to the lasting significance of colonialism and multiculturalism in Mexican literature. This book is of pivotal importance to understanding the development of Mexican writing and will serve as an invaluable reference for specialists and students alike. ignacio m. sá nchez prado is Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies at Washington University in Saint Louis. His research focuses on the relationship between aesthetics, ideology, and cultural institutions in Mexico. He is the author of Screening Neoliberalism: Transforming Mexican Cinema 1988-2012. anna m. nogar is Associate Professor of Hispanic Southwest Studies in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of New Mexico. She specializes in colonial-era Mexican literature and culture. She is coeditor, with Oswaldo Estrada, of Colonial Itineraries of Contemporary Mexico: Literary and Cultural Inquiries. josé ramó n ruisá nchez serra is Associate Professor of Latin American Literature and Literary Theory at the University of Houston. He has contributed to such journals as PMLA, Revista de Estudios Hispánicos, and Revista de Literatura Mexicana. He is the author of Historias que regresan: topología y renarración en la segunda mitad del siglo XX mexicano.

"Introduction" to the Cambrige History of Latina/o American Literature

The Cambridge History of Latina/o American Literature emphasizes the importance of understanding Latina/o literature not simply as a U.S. ethnic phenomenon but more broadly as a trans-American tradition extending from the sixteenth century to the present. Engaging with the dynamics of transculturation, linguistic and cultural difference, and the uneven distribution of power across the Americas that characterize Latina/o literature, the essays in this History provide a critical overview of key texts, authors, themes, and contexts as discussed by leading scholars in the field. This book demonstrates the relevance of Latina/o literature for a world defined by legacies of coloniality, the imposition of militarized borders, and the transnational migration of people, commodities, and cultural practices.

Contemporary U.S. Latinx Literature in Spanish

Literatures of the Americas, 2018

Literatures of the Americas This series seeks to bring forth contemporary critical interventions within a hemispheric perspective, with an emphasis on perspectives from Latin America. Books in the series highlight work that explores concerns in literature in different cultural contexts across historical and geographical boundaries and also include work on the specific Latina/o realities in the United States. Designed to explore key questions confronting contemporary issues of literary and cultural import, Literatures of the Americas is rooted in traditional approaches to literary criticism but seeks to include cutting-edge scholarship using theories from postcolonial, critical race, and ecofeminist approaches.