
The Latin American Short Story at its Limits
Fragmentation, Hybridity and Intermediality
- 188 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
The Latin American short story has often been viewed in terms of its relation to orality, tradition and myth. But this desire to celebrate the difference of Latin American culture unwittingly contributes to its exoticization, failing to do justice to its richness, complexity and contemporaneity. By re-reading and re-viewing the short stories of Juan Rulfo, Julio Cortazar and Augusto Monterroso, Bell reveals the hybridity of this genre. It is at once rooted in traditional narrative and fragmented by modern experience; its residual qualities are revived through emergent forms. Crucially, its oral and mythical characteristics are compounded with the formal traits of modern, emerging media: photography, cinema, telephony, journalism, and cartoon art.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: The Latin American Short Story: Between Tradition and Modernity
- 1 Juan Rulfo, the Transculturator
- 2 Julio Cortázar, the World-Opener
- 3 Augusto Monterroso, the Microwriter
- Conclusion: Looking Forward: After-lives, Adaptations and Legacies
- Bibliography
- Index