Pragmatic passions
Subtitle: melodrama and Latin American social narrative
By: Matthew Bush
Series: Ediciones de Iberoamericana. Historia y critica de la literature -- 74
Publisher: Iberoamericana Editorial Vervuert
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Madrid; Orlando
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9788484898351; 9783954873807
Subjects: Latin American literature; History and criticism; Melodrama
Description: From the era of the wars for independence onward, the emotionally heightened and ethically charged theatrics of melodrama have played a substantial role in the framing of Latin American fictional narrative. Over that same time period, melodramatic reasoning has influenced the critical models through which the countries of the region conceive their respective histories and political landscapes. Pragmatic Passions: Melodrama and Latin American Social Narrative demonstrates how melodrama is deployed as a convincing means of affectively narrating socio-political messages, yet how it also unwittingly undermines the narrative structure of paradigmatic works by Rómulo Gallegos, César Vallejo, Roberto Arlt, Jorge Amado, and Carlos Fuentes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-214) and index.