Wednesday, July 1, 2009

"So Far From God" by Ana Castillo

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Castillo's novel largely deals with borders and demarcations between languages (Spanish/English), culture (American/Mexican/Native Ameri...

"The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" and "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" by Michael Chabon

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While I could write a lot about The Yiddish Policemen's Union as being overtly science fictional or utopian, it seems to me that the be...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

"The Territorialization of the Imaginary in Latin America: Self-Affirmation and Resistance to Metropolitan Paradigms" by Amaryll Chanady

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Chanady opens her essay by restating Luiz Costa Lima's argument that there has been a "scandalous prohibition" of fiction, des...
Thursday, March 19, 2009

"Pedro Páramo" by Juan Rulfo

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Pedro Páramo is regarded among many scholars as a foundational work of magical realism. It’s a confusing text with a nonlinear narrative an...

"Woman in the Dunes" by Kobo Abe

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This short novel from Japan's Kobo Abe is about a teacher and amateur entomologist who travels to the seaside in order to collect some r...
Monday, March 16, 2009

"Magical Realism in Spanish American Literature" by Luis Leal

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Leal writes this essay in response to Angel Flores' " Magical Realism in Spanish American Fiction ," specifically to repudiate...
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"Magical Realism in Spanish American Fiction" by Angel Flores

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Flores begins his essay by stating that Latin American literature has been underestimated and unappreciated due to the fact that critics hav...
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