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- Genre Fusion: A New Approach to History, Fiction, and Memory in Contemporary Spain
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Purdue University Press
- Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures
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Genre Fusion opens with a straightforward overview of the relationships among history, fiction, and memory in contemporary culture. While providing an up-to-date context for scholarly debates about Spain’s historical memory, Genre Fusion also expands the contours of the discussion beyond the specialized territory of Hispanic studies. To demonstrate the theoretical necessity of genre fusion, Brenneis analyzes pairs of interconnected texts (one a work of literature, the other a work of historiography) written by a single author. She explores how fictional and nonfictional works by Montserrat Roig, Carmen Martín Gaite, Carlos Blanco Aguinaga, and Javier Marías unearth the collective memories of Spain’s past.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-viii
- Chapter One - Introduction: Origins of Genre Fusion in Spain
- Chapter Two - Montserrat Roig: Testimony of the Marginalized Catalan
- Testimonial Literature in Spain
- pp. 39-46
- Chapter Three - Carmen Martín Gaite: Rewriting Spain’s Memory
- Martín Gaite and the Uses of History
- pp. 96-101
- Chapter Four - Carlos Blanco Aguinaga: The Spanish Other in Mexico
- Carretera de Cuernavaca: A Generation Adrift
- pp. 153-170
- Chapter Five - Javier Marías: Genre Fusion in the New Millennium
- Tu rostro mañana: Facing the Past
- pp. 185-204
- Works Cited
- pp. 219-234
Additional Information
ISBN
9781612493244
Related ISBN(s)
9781557536785, 9781612493237
MARC Record
OCLC
879647861
Pages
241
Launched on MUSE
2017-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Creative Commons
CC-BY-NC-ND