Machado de Assis and Narrative Theory : : Language, Imitation, Art, and Verisimilitude in the Last Six Novels / / Earl E. Fitz.
This book makes the argument that Machado de Assis, hailed as one of Latin American literature’s greatest writers, was also a major theoretician of the modern novel form. Steeped in the works of Western literature and an imaginative reader of French Symbolist poetry, Machado creates, between 1880 an...
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Place / Publishing House: | Lewisburg, PA : : Bucknell University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature and Theory
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (242 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- A Note on Translations -- Introduction -- 1. The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas -- 2. The Psychiatrist -- 3. Quincas Borba -- 4. Dom Casmurro -- 5. Esau and Jacob -- 6. Counselor Ayres’ Memorial -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author |
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Summary: | This book makes the argument that Machado de Assis, hailed as one of Latin American literature’s greatest writers, was also a major theoretician of the modern novel form. Steeped in the works of Western literature and an imaginative reader of French Symbolist poetry, Machado creates, between 1880 and 1908, a “new narrative,” one that will presage the groundbreaking theories of Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure by showing how even the language of narrative cannot escape being elusive and ambiguous in terms of meaning. It is from this discovery about the nature of language as a self-referential semiotic system that Machado crafts his “new narrative.” Long celebrated in Brazil as a dazzlingly original writer, Machado has struggled to gain respect and attention outside the Luso-Brazilian ken. He is the epitome of the “outsider” or “marginal,” the iconoclastic and wildly innovative genius who hails from a culture rarely studied in the Western literary hierarchy and so consigned to the status of “eccentric.” Had the Brazilian master written not in Portuguese but English, French, or German, he would today be regarded as one of the true exemplars of the modern novel, in expression as well as in theory. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781684481163 9783110610765 9783110664232 9783110610369 9783110606348 9783110653526 |
DOI: | 10.36019/9781684481163?locatt=mode:legacy |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Earl E. Fitz. |