ISBN: 9780521327473

The sense of the radical newness of Spanish America found in literary works from the chronicles of the conquest to the work of the criollistas has more recently given way to a stronger re… More...

The sense of the radical newness of Spanish America found in literary works from the chronicles of the conquest to the work of the criollistas has more recently given way to a stronger recognition of the transatlantic roots of much Spanish-American literature. This indebtedness does not imply subservience; rather, the New World''s cultural and literary autonomy lies in the distinctive ways in which it assimilated its cultural inheritance. Professor Pérez Firmat explores this process of assimilation or transculturation in the case of Cuba, and proposes a new understanding of the issue of Cuban national identity through revisionary readings of both literary and non-literary works by Juan Marinello, Fernando Ortiz, Nicolds Guillén, Alejo Carpentier and others, dating from the early decades of the twentieth century, a time of intense self-reflection in the nation''s history. Using a critical vocabulary derived from these works, he argues that Cuban identity is translational rather than foundational and that cubanía emerges from a nuanced, self-conscious recasting of foreign models. | The Cuban Condition by Gustavo Pérez Firmat Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Books > Literary Criticism > Criticism & Theory P10106, Gustavo Pérez Firmat<

ISBN: 9780521327473

The sense of the radical newness of Spanish America found in literary works from the chronicles of the conquest to the work of the criollistas has more recently given way to a stronger re… More...

The sense of the radical newness of Spanish America found in literary works from the chronicles of the conquest to the work of the criollistas has more recently given way to a stronger recognition of the transatlantic roots of much Spanish-American literature. This indebtedness does not imply subservience; rather, the New World''s cultural and literary autonomy lies in the distinctive ways in which it assimilated its cultural inheritance. Professor Pérez Firmat explores this process of assimilation or transculturation in the case of Cuba, and proposes a new understanding of the issue of Cuban national identity through revisionary readings of both literary and non-literary works by Juan Marinello, Fernando Ortiz, Nicolds Guillén, Alejo Carpentier and others, dating from the early decades of the twentieth century, a time of intense self-reflection in the nation''s history. Using a critical vocabulary derived from these works, he argues that Cuban identity is translational rather than foundational and that cubanía emerges from a nuanced, self-conscious recasting of foreign models. Books > Literary Criticism > Criticism & Theory List_Books, [PU: Cambridge University Press]<

1989, ISBN: 9780521327473

Cambridge University Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, 196 Seiten, Publiziert: 1989-06-15T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: bibliography, 0.94 kg, Karibische & Lateinamerikanische L… More...

Cambridge University Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, 196 Seiten, Publiziert: 1989-06-15T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: bibliography, 0.94 kg, Karibische & Lateinamerikanische Literatur, Regionen & Kulturkreise, Literaturgeschichte & -kritik, Literatur & Fiktion, Kategorien, Bücher, Mittelamerika & Karibik, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, Südamerika, Cambridge University Press, 1989<

2004, ISBN: 0521327474

Gebundene Ausgabe Karibik, Süd- und Zentralamerika (inklusive Mexiko), Lateinamerika, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU:Cambridge University Press]