Myth and Archive: A Theory of Latin American Narrative (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521023993)

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 Gonz lez Echevarr 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 Garc a Marquez's Cien a os de soledad.

Author: Roberto Gonz疝ez Echevarr?
ISBN-10: 0521023998
ISBN-13: 9780521023993
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/13/2006
Pages: 260
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d