Myth and archive
Subtitle: a theory of Latin American narrative
By: Roberto González Echevarría.
Series: Cambridge studies in Latin American and Iberian literature ;; 3
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Subjects: Latin American fiction -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.; Narration (Rhetoric); Myth in literature.; Literature and history.
Description: Myth and Archive offers a new theory about the origin and evolution of the Latin American narrative, and about the emergence of the modern novel. Instead of following the traditional categories set up by literary history, Professor González Echevarri;a explores the relationship of the narrative to the language of authority: the law in the colonial period, science in the nineteenth century, and anthropology in the twentieth century. The book contains readings of major works in the tradition such as Garcilaso el Inca's Comentarios reales, Sarmiento's Facundo, Carpentier's Los pasos perdidos, and Garci;a Marquez's Cien años de soledad.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-238) and index.