03069nam 2200733 450 991082745420332120230612051717.01-4426-5580-11-4426-2324-110.3138/9781442623248(CKB)3710000000356408(EBL)3297010(SSID)ssj0001468389(PQKBManifestationID)11935056(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001468389(PQKBWorkID)11521743(PQKB)11513209(CEL)449348(OCoLC)905361895(CaBNVSL)slc00235556(DE-B1597)465644(OCoLC)944178818(DE-B1597)9781442623248(Au-PeEL)EBL4670269(CaPaEBR)ebr11256783(OCoLC)906190410(MiAaPQ)EBC4670269(MdBmJHUP)musev2_106989(EXLCZ)99371000000035640820160917h19951995 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrForegrounded description in prose fiction five cross-literary studies /José Manuel LopesToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,1995.©19951 online resource (196 p.)Theory / Culture1-4426-2306-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.I. Towards a framework for the analysis of description in prose fiction -- II. Description and mise en abyme in Zola's Une Page d'amour -- III. Reading of visual images and postcard descriptions in Claude Simon's Histoire -- IV. The sarcastic descriptor: Satire and parody in Benito Perez Galdos' La de Bringas -- V. Description and modes of representation in Cornelio Penna's A Menina Morta -- VI. The impossible 'mimesis': Description and metadescription in Carlos de Oliveira's Finisterra.In this wide-ranging study, Jose Manuel Lopes proposes a theoretical framework for analysing the role of description in prose fiction. He offers readings of texts drawn from four national literatures - French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Brazilian - testing his model across a cultural and temporal spectrum.Theory/culture series.Romance-language fictionHistory and criticismDescription (Rhetoric)Narration (Rhetoric)Structuralism (Literary analysis)Criticism, interpretation, etc.Electronic books. Romance-language fictionHistory and criticism.Description (Rhetoric)Narration (Rhetoric)Structuralism (Literary analysis)809.3/85Lopes José Manuel1698224MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827454203321Foregrounded description in prose fiction4079537UNINA