Postmodernism's Role in Latin American Literature: The Life and Work of Augusto Roa Bastos (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780230617667)

Augusto Roa Bastos (1917-2005), winner of the prestigious Cervantes prize, is one of the most important Latin American writers of the twentieth century. This commemorative collection consists of articles by nine scholars reflecting upon the postmodern nature of the Paraguayan author s literary production and his place in world literature. The volume includes articles on the author s screenplays, his masterpiece, the dictator novel I The Supreme, his short stories, feminist approaches to Roa Bastos s novels, reflections on the writer s Guarani poetry, and a study of the complex, intertextual relationships between his novel El fiscal and his other texts.

Author: H. Weldt-Basson
ISBN-10: 0230617662
ISBN-13: 9780230617667
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 07/21/2010
Pages: 244
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2010