| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 153 pages) |
| Series |
Studies in Romance languages ; 30 |
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Studies in Romance languages (Lexington, Ky.) ; 30.
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| Contents |
Introduction: The metafictional mode -- Violations and pseudo-violations: Quijote, Buscón, and "la novela en el tranvía" -- Fiction on a palimpsest: Niebla -- Codes versus modes: Locura y muerte de nadie and La novia del viento -- Rebellion against models: Don Juan and Orestes -- Process as product: Juan sin Tierra -- Reading-into-being: La cólera de Aquiles -- Product preceding process: El cuarto de atrás |
| Summary |
The term metafiction invaded the vocabulary of literary criticism around 1970, yet the textual strategies involved in turning fiction back onto itself can be traced through several centuries. In this theoretical/critical study Robert C. Spires examines the nature of metafiction and chronicles its evolution in Spain from the time of Cervantes to the 1970s, when the obsession with novelistic self-commentary culminated in an important literary movement.The critical portions of this study focus primarily on twentieth-century works. Included are analyses of Unamuno's Niebla, Jarnés's Locura y mue |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-148) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Spanish fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Fiction -- Technique.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Spanish & Portuguese.
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Fiction -- Technique
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Spanish fiction
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0813115205 |
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9780813115207 |
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9780813154695 |
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0813154693 |
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