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Author Payne, Judith A., 1942-

Title Ambiguity and gender in the new novel of Brazil and Spanish America : a comparative assessment / Judith A. Payne and Earl E. Fitz.

Publication Info. Iowa City, IA : University of Iowa Press, 1993.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 225 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-218) and index.
Summary In this first book-length study to compare the "new novels" of both Spanish America and Brazil, the authors deftly examine the differing perceptions of ambiguity as they apply to questions of gender and the participation of females and males in the establishment of Latin American narrative models. Their daring thesis: the Brazilian new novel developed a more radical form than its better-known Spanish-speaking cousin because it had a significantly different approach to the crucial issues of ambiguity and gender and because so many of its major practitioners were women. As a wis.
Contents Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Ambiguity, Gender Borders, and the Differing LiteraryTraditions of Brazil and Spanish America; Chapter Two: Jungian Theory and the New Novel of Latin America; Chapter Three: The Border Maintained; Chapter Four: The Border Challenged; Chapter Five: The Border Crossed; Chapter Six: The Mythical Hero, Transgressor of Borders; Chapter Seven: Writers, Characters, and the Journey of the Mythical Hero; Chapter Eight: Women and the Word; Conclusion; Notes; Works Consulted; Index.
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Subject Latin American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Latin American fiction.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Sex role in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Sex differences (Psychology) in literature.
Sex differences (Psychology) in literature.
Brazilian fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
Brazilian fiction -- Women authors.
Brazilian fiction.
Brazilian fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Ambiguity in literature.
Ambiguity in literature.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Added Author Fitz, Earl E.
Other Form: Print version: Payne, Judith A., 1942- Ambiguity and gender in the new novel of Brazil and Spanish America. Iowa City, IA : University of Iowa Press, 1993 0877454051 (DLC) 92037863 (OCoLC)26851811
ISBN 1587291827 (electronic book)
9781587291821 (electronic book)
0877454051
9780877454052