03770nam 2200697 450 991045587030332120200520144314.01-282-04214-997866120421401-4426-7852-610.3138/9781442678521(CKB)2420000000004280(EBL)4671834(SSID)ssj0000306186(PQKBManifestationID)11256835(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000306186(PQKBWorkID)10294910(PQKB)10983861(CaBNvSL)thg00600639 (MiAaPQ)EBC3255392(MiAaPQ)EBC4671834(DE-B1597)464755(OCoLC)944177682(DE-B1597)9781442678521(Au-PeEL)EBL4671834(CaPaEBR)ebr11257525(OCoLC)958581249(EXLCZ)99242000000000428020160922h19991999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPlay and the picaresque Lazarillo de Tormes, Libro de Manuel, and Match ball /Gordana YovanovichToronto, [Canada] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,1999.©19991 online resource (163 p.)University of Toronto Romance SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8020-4704-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Play and Games: Recreative Disorder and Intellectual Order -- 2. Picaresque Realism and Magical Realism -- 3. Play in Lazarillo de Tormes -- 4. Manual for Manuel: How to Become a Pícaro -- 5. Picaresque Love Games in Match Ball -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index This study takes a fresh look at the picaresque genre as seen in three important contemporary Latin American novels, Cortázar's Libro de Manuel, Skármeta's Match Ball, and the first picaresque novel, Lazarillo de Tormes. Gordana Yovanovich considers the genre in relation to the concept of play and shows how the traditional picaresque genre has been replaced by a distinctly modern version.Play and the Picaresque contends that within Latin American culture humour and play serve as forms of empowerment and means of survival for those who are marginalized in society. Like the pícaros of sixteenth-century Spanish novels, the proletarian characters in the Latin American fiction known as Magical Realism embody a playful and spontaneous approach to life and literature. The relationship of the magical to the real in Latin American fiction is, the book argues, comparable to the 'let's pretend' world and toys in play. The act of playing and living in these novels is a re-creative experience - a concept which has not been adequately explored in contemporary criticism.University of Toronto romance series.Picaresque literature, Spanish AmericanHistory and criticismPicaresque literature, SpanishHistory and criticismLatin American fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismElectronic books.Picaresque literature, Spanish AmericanHistory and criticism.Picaresque literature, SpanishHistory and criticism.Latin American fictionHistory and criticism.863.08709Yovanovich Gordana1956-945814MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455870303321Play and the picaresque2441550UNINA