Forms of Myth in Contemporary Brazilian Fiction
Title | Forms of Myth in Contemporary Brazilian Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | Daphne Patai |
Publisher | |
Pages | 450 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Brazilian fiction |
ISBN |
Myth and Ideology in Contemporary Brazilian Fiction
Title | Myth and Ideology in Contemporary Brazilian Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | Daphne Patai |
Publisher | Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Brazilian fiction |
ISBN | 9780838631324 |
Analyzing the thematic and formal characteristics of six contemporary Brazilian novels, this study explores the use of myth and its ideological implications. The writers examined are Maria Alice Barroso, Clarice Lispector, Jorge Amado, Carlos Heitor Cony, Adonias Filho, and Autran Dourado.
Myth and Brazilian Literature
Title | Myth and Brazilian Literature PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 159 |
Release | 1988 |
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New World Myth
Title | New World Myth PDF eBook |
Author | Marie Vautier |
Publisher | McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 1998-01-06 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0773566880 |
There is an emphasis on de-constructing, de-centring, de-stabilizing, and especially de-mythologizing in the study that illustrates New World myth narrators questioning the past in the present and carrying out their original investigations of myth, place, and identity. Underlining the fact that political realities are encoded in the language and narrative of the works, Vautier argues that the reworkings of literary, religious, and historical myths and political ideologies in these novels are grounded in their shared situation of being in and of the New World.
Pop Culture Latin America!
Title | Pop Culture Latin America! PDF eBook |
Author | Lisa Shaw |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 417 |
Release | 2005-01-14 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1851095098 |
A survey of contemporary Latin American popular culture, covering topics that range from music and film to popular festivals and fashion. Like no other volume of its kind, Pop Culture Latin America! captures the breadth and vitality of pop culture in Central and South America and the Caribbean, exploring both familiar and lesser-known aspects of its unique melange of art, entertainment, spirituality, and celebrations. Written by contributors who are scholars and specialists in the cultures and languages of Latin America, the book focuses on the historical, social, and political forces that have shaped Latino culture since 1945, particularly in the last two decades. Separate chapters cover music, popular cinema, mass media, theater and performance, literature, cultural heroes, religions and festivals, social movements and politics, the visual arts and architecture, sports and leisure, travel and tourism, and language.
Brazilian Science Fiction
Title | Brazilian Science Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | M. Elizabeth Ginway |
Publisher | Bucknell University Press |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780838755648 |
Science fiction, because of its links to science and technology, is the consummate literary vehicle for examining the perception and cultural impact of the modernization process in Brazil. Because of the centrality of the role played by the military dictatorship (1964-85) in imposing industrialization and economic development policies on Brazil, this book examines the genre in the periods before, during, and after the dictatorship, encompassing the years 1960-2000. The analysis shows that a reading of Brazilian science fiction based on its use of paradigms of Anglo-American science fiction and myths of Brazilian nationhood provides a unique look into Brazil's modern metamorphosis as it finds itself on the periphery of the globalized world.
Anything But Novel
Title | Anything But Novel PDF eBook |
Author | Jennie Irene Daniels |
Publisher | University of Alabama Press |
Pages | 191 |
Release | 2023 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0817361073 |
The first in-depth study in English to analyze post-utopian historical novels written during and in the wake of brutal Latin American dictatorships and authoritarian regimes During neoliberal reforms in the 1980s and 1990s, murder, repression, and exile had reduced the number of intellectuals and Leftists, and many succumbed to or were coopted by market forces and ideologies. The opposition to the economic violence of neoliberal projects lacked a united front, and feasible alternatives to the contemporary order no longer seemed to exist. In this context, some Latin American literary intellectuals penned post-utopian historical novels as a means to reconstruct memory of significant moments in national history. Through the distortion and superimposition of distinct genres within the narratives, authors of post-utopian historical novels incorporated literary, cultural, and political traditions to expose contemporary challenges that were rooted in unresolved past conflicts. In Anything but Novel, Jennie Irene Daniels closely examines four post-utopian novels--César Aira's Ema, la cautiva, Rubem Fonseca's O Selvagem da Ópera, José Miguel Varas's El correo de Bagdad, and Santiago Páez's Crónicas del Breve Reino--to make their contributions more accessible and to synthesize and highlight the literary and social interventions they make. Although the countries the novels focus on (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Ecuador) differ widely in politics, regime changes, historical precedents, geography, and demographics, the development of a shared subgenre among the literary elite suggests a common experience and interpretation of contemporary events across Latin America. These novels complement one another, extending shared themes and critiques. Daniels argues the novels demonstrate that alternatives exist to neoliberalism even in times when it appears there are none. Another contribution of these novels is their repositioning of the Latin American literary intellectuals who have advocated for the marginalized in their societies. Their work has opened new avenues and developed previous lines of research in feminist, queer, and ethnic studies and for nonwhite, nonmale writers.