Mexican picaresque narratives
Subtitle: Periquillo and kin
By: Timothy G. Compton.
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Lewisburg, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
Subjects: Picaresque literature, Mexican -- History and criticism.; Mexican fiction -- History and criticism.
Description: This book examines eight narratives that illustrate the picaresque subgenre and its episodic structure, a subgenre featured in many Mexican narratives. In this type of narrative, a single protagonist provides the only link between episodes; survives by cunning in a world marked by hunger and physical deprivation; serves many masters and acts in many roles; is generally alienated; and meets many characters, who form a gallery of human types.

All eight narratives are shown to share many of the attributes of the picaresque family, yet each constitutes a unique artistic creation, with variations in context, narrative technique, style, setting, characterization, and focus.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-145) and index.