Title: The fragmented novel in Mexico
First published: 1997
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.
Subjects: Politics and literature, Literature and society, History and criticism, Narration (Rhetoric), Mexican fiction, Mexican fiction, history and criticism, Roman mexicain, Histoire et critique, Narration, Politique et littérature, Littérature et société, LITERARY CRITICISM, Caribbean & Latin American, Romans, Spaans, Fragmentatie
Places: Mexico
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PQ7203 .D5 1997