Year: 1984
Type: article
Abstract: Given the large volume of bibliography on recent Spanish American fiction, any essay-length discussion of the subject is bound to suffer from superficiality and omissions.With this in mind, I have made no attempt to list all the major publications, an endeavor that in itself would fill many pages.Rather, I have examined a sampling of books published during the past six years in order to venture some conclusions on the present state of research in the field of Spanish American fiction.Because many scholars evince a tendency toward eclecticism in their critical approaches, I have deemed it virtually impossible to classify individuals as practitioners of Marxist, psychological, formalistic, or philosophical criticism.I have used such terms only when they are appropriate for the designation of specific studies.Two titles stand out for their high quality and their use of structuralist methodology: David William Foster's Studies in the Contemporary Spanish-American Short Storyl and John S. Brushwood's Genteel Barbarism.
Source: Latin American Research Review
Author: George R. McMurray
Institution: Colorado State University
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4312913198