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Myth and Archive: A Theory of Latin American Narrative
Author(s): Roberto González Echevarría (Author)
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date: February 13, 2006
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 260 pages
- ISBN-10: 0521023998
- ISBN-13: 9780521023993
Book Description
Myth and Archive offers a new theory about the origin and evolution of the Latin American narrative, and about the emergence of the modern novel. Instead of following the traditional categories set up by literary history, Professor González Echevarría explores the relationship of the narrative to the language of authority: the law in the colonial period, science in the nineteenth century, and anthropology in the twentieth century. The book contains readings of major works in the tradition such as Garcilaso el Inca’s Comentarios reales, Sarmiento’s Facundo, Carpentier’s Los pasos perdidos, and García Marquez’s Cien años de soledad.
Editorial Reviews
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“…a book that will have lasting value because it opens new exegetic horizons for the study of Latin-American narrative.” Antonio Fama, Canadian Review of Hispanic Studies
Book Description
This book offers a theory about the origin and evolution of the Latin American narrative, and about the emergence of the modern novel.
