LEADER 03770nam 2200697 450 001 9910455870303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-04214-9 010 $a9786612042140 010 $a1-4426-7852-6 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442678521 035 $a(CKB)2420000000004280 035 $a(EBL)4671834 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000306186 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11256835 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000306186 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10294910 035 $a(PQKB)10983861 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600639 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255392 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671834 035 $a(DE-B1597)464755 035 $a(OCoLC)944177682 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442678521 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671834 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257525 035 $a(OCoLC)958581249 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000004280 100 $a20160922h19991999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPlay and the picaresque $eLazarillo de Tormes, Libro de Manuel, and Match ball /$fGordana Yovanovich 210 1$aToronto, [Canada] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1999. 210 4$d©1999 215 $a1 online resource (163 p.) 225 1 $aUniversity of Toronto Romance Series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-4704-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Play and Games: Recreative Disorder and Intellectual Order -- $t2. Picaresque Realism and Magical Realism -- $t3. Play in Lazarillo de Tormes -- $t4. Manual for Manuel: How to Become a Pícaro -- $t5. Picaresque Love Games in Match Ball -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tWorks Cited -- $tIndex 330 $aThis study takes a fresh look at the picaresque genre as seen in three important contemporary Latin American novels, Cortázar's Libro de Manuel, Skármeta's Match Ball, and the first picaresque novel, Lazarillo de Tormes. Gordana Yovanovich considers the genre in relation to the concept of play and shows how the traditional picaresque genre has been replaced by a distinctly modern version.Play and the Picaresque contends that within Latin American culture humour and play serve as forms of empowerment and means of survival for those who are marginalized in society. Like the pícaros of sixteenth-century Spanish novels, the proletarian characters in the Latin American fiction known as Magical Realism embody a playful and spontaneous approach to life and literature. The relationship of the magical to the real in Latin American fiction is, the book argues, comparable to the 'let's pretend' world and toys in play. The act of playing and living in these novels is a re-creative experience - a concept which has not been adequately explored in contemporary criticism. 410 0$aUniversity of Toronto romance series. 606 $aPicaresque literature, Spanish American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPicaresque literature, Spanish$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLatin American fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPicaresque literature, Spanish American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPicaresque literature, Spanish$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLatin American fiction$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a863.08709 700 $aYovanovich$b Gordana$f1956-$0945814 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455870303321 996 $aPlay and the picaresque$92441550 997 $aUNINA