Play and the picaresque : Lazarillo de Tormes, Libro de Manuel, and Match ball / / Gordana Yovanovich
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| Autore: |
Yovanovich Gordana <1956->
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| Titolo: |
Play and the picaresque : Lazarillo de Tormes, Libro de Manuel, and Match ball / / Gordana Yovanovich
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| Pubblicazione: | Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1999 |
| ©1999 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (163 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 863.08709 |
| Soggetto topico: | Picaresque literature, Spanish American - History and criticism |
| Picaresque literature, Spanish - History and criticism | |
| Latin American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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Yovanovich considers the genre in relation to the concept of play and shows how the traditional picaresque genre has been replaced by a distinctly modern version.Play and the Picaresque contends that within Latin American culture humour and play serve as forms of empowerment and means of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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Play and the picaresque |
| ISBN: | 1-282-04214-9 |
| 9786612042140 | |
| 1-4426-7852-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910455870303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
University of Toronto romance series.