Deformative Fictions
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Deformative Fictions

Cruelty and Narrative Ethics in Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature

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  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Deformative Fictions

Cruelty and Narrative Ethics in Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature

About this book

Tapping a rich vein of Latin American literature, Deformative Fictions by Ashley Hope Pérez excavates works that unsettle, defamiliarize, and disrupt access to the conventional pleasures of reading and interpretation. Close readings highlight the nuances of texts that have been misread, underread, or fetishized because they depart from literary norms, including fiction by Roberto Bolaño and Silvina Ocampo. Interweaving rhetorical and narratological analysis with reflections on the ethical stakes of writing, reading, and interpreting deformative fictions and fictional cruelty, Pérez issues a resounding entreaty for us to expand our understandings of the value of narrative beyond the logics of utility and comfort. Doing so, she contends, allows readers to embrace the full possibilities of the relationships among authors, readers, and the worlds we inhabit on and off the page. In defamiliarizing the act of reading, deformative fictions reacquaint us with its ethical weight.

Information

Publisher
Ohio State University Press
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9780814259061
9780814215654
eBook ISBN
9780814283431
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Latin American & Caribbean Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Series Title Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. List of Illustrations
  9. Statement on Land and Responsibility
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. IntroductionA First Encounter with Deformative Fiction
  12. Chapter 1Narrative Ethics, Deformative Fictions, and Fictional Cruelty
  13. Chapter 2 Ocampo:Cruelty as Defense and the Contamination of Readers
  14. Chapter 3 Vallejo:Cruelty as Assault and the Entrapment of Readers
  15. Chapter 4 Bolaño:Cruelty as Anti-Elegy and the Inadequacy of Readers
  16. Chapter 5 Strategic Hospitality in World Literature: Bridges from Deformative Fictions to Responsive Readings
  17. ConclusionReaders, Deformative Fictions, and Ordinary Life
  18. AfterwordCurrent Attacks on Difficulty in Literature
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index
  21. Series Page

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