Dialectics of Exile: Nation, Time, Language, and Space in Hispanic Literatures

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ix A Note on Citations and Translations xi Chapter One Introduction 1 Cultural Context and the Comparative Framework 5 Keywords of Exile 14 Chapter Two The Dialectics of Exile: Towards a Theory of Exile Writing 29 Chapter Three Alien Nation 35 The Politics of Nationalism 41 The Theory and Practice of Exile and Nationalism 46 Chapter Four Exile’s Time 58 Myths of Exile versus Myths of Fascism 74 Crossing Time Zones 113 Chapter Five To Be Is Not to Be: Exile and the Crisis of Linguistic Representation 119 Who Is the Author(ity)? 130 What’s in a Name? 150 Postmodernism and the Crisis of Language: Politics or Play? 157 Chapter Six Lost in Space: The Geography of Exile 163 There’s No Place Like Home: The Tension between Utopia and Dystopia 191 Chapter Seven Culture Shock 204 Conclusion 222 Works Cited 225 Index 237 ...