Colonialism and narrative in Puerto Rico
Subtitle: a study of characterization in the novels of Pedro Juan Soto
By: Victor C. Simpson.
Series: Caribbean studies ;; v. 14; Caribbean studies (Peter Lang Publishing) ;; 14.
Publisher: P. Lang
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
Subjects: Soto, Pedro Juan -- Criticism and interpretation.; Soto, Pedro Juan -- Characters.; Literature and history -- Puerto Rico.
Description: "This book analyzes the effect of the colonial experience on the protagonists in the novels of Pedro Juan Soto, a renowned author of the Puerto Rican "Generation of 1950." Arguing - in keeping with Soto's generational and personal pessimism - that the protagonists are anti-heroes who struggle with their environment and succumb to it in different ways, it acknowledges that the themes of the Puerto Rican novel are firmly rooted in the island's reality, and offers a cogent review of the literary and socio-political context against which Soto's work must be understood. It also inserts Soto into the canon of post-colonial writers while foregrounding his realist approach to characterization, which is the author's means of articulating his social concerns."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-164) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pedro Juan Soto, a twenty-first century perspective; title: Colonialism and the development of the novel in Puerto Rico; title: Usmaíl, the struggle for self-discovery; title: Ardiente suelo, fría estación, emigration and identity; title: El francotirador, an outsider's perspective; title: Temporada de duendes, the colonized mentality; title: Un oscuro pueblo sonriente, oppressed gringos?