The fragmented novel in Mexico
Subtitle: the politics of form
By: Carol Clark D'Lugo.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Austin, TX
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
Subjects: Mexican fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Narration (Rhetoric); Politics and literature -- Mexico.; Literature and society -- Mexico.
Description: In this pioneering study, Carol Clark D'Lugo examines fragmentation as a literary strategy that reflects the social and political fissures within modern Mexican society and introduces readers to a more participatory reading of texts.

D'Lugo traces defining moments in the development of Mexican fiction and the role fragmentation plays in each. Some of the topics she covers are nationalist literature of the 1930s and 1940s, self-referential novels of the 1950s that focus on the process of reading and writing, the works of Carlos Fuentes, novels of La Onda that came out of rebellious 1960s Mexican youth culture, gay and lesbian fiction, and recent women's writings.

With its sophisticated theoretical methodology that encompasses literature and society, this book serves as an admirable survey of the twentieth-century Mexican novel. It will be important reading for students of Latin American culture and history as well as literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-268) and index.