Beyond Bolano: The Global Latin American Novel

Author:   Hector Hoyos ,  H Hoyos
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
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Pages:   288
Publication Date:   03 March 2015
Format:   Electronic book text
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Beyond Bolano: The Global Latin American Novel


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Through a comparative analysis of the novels of Roberto Bolano and the fictional work of Cesar Aira, Mario Bellatin, Diamela Eltit, Chico Buarque, Alberto Fuguet, and Fernando Vallejo, among other contemporaries, Hector Hoyos defines new trends in how we read and write in a globalized era. Calling attention to fresh innovations in form, voice, perspective, and representation, he also affirms the lead role of Latin American authors in reshaping world literature. Focusing on post-1989 Latin American novels and their representation of globalization, Hoyos considers the narrative techniques and aesthetic choices Latin American authors make to assimilate the conflicting forces at work in our increasingly interconnected world. Challenging the assumption that globalization leads to cultural homogenization, his book identifies the rich textual strategies that estrange and re-mediate power relations both within literary canons and across global cultural hegemonies. Hoyos shines a light on the unique, avant garde phenomena that animate these works, such as modeling literary circuits after the dynamics of the art world, imagining counterfactual Nazi histories, exposing the limits of escapist narratives, and formulating textual forms that resist worldwide literary consumerism. These experiments help reconfigure received ideas about global culture and advance new, creative articulations of world consciousness.

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Author:   Hector Hoyos ,  H Hoyos
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
Imprint:   Columbia University Press
ISBN:  

9780231538664


ISBN 10:   0231538669
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   03 March 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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A fascinating analysis of what 'the globe' looks like from Latin America. An ambitious and necessary reframing of the world literature debates, Beyond Bola?o is also an exemplary illustration of what textured literary analysis can tell us about the geopolitics of cultural prestige.--David Kurnick, Rutgers University


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Hector Hoyos is an assistant professor of Latin American literature and culture at Stanford University, where he teaches contemporary fiction and literary theory. He holds a Ph.D. in romance studies from Cornell University and degrees in philosophy and literature from Universidad de los Andes in Bogota.

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