The Spanish Picaresque Novel And The Point Of View

Author : Francisco Rico
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1984-03-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521278244

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The Spanish Picaresque Novel and the Point of View by Francisco Rico Pdf

The Spanish picaresque novel of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries is not only a major genre in its own right; it was a decisive influence on the subsequent literature of Spain and the development of the modern European novel. When first published Professor Rico's book broke new ground by analysing historically and critically the form of the picaresque, particularly the narrative style of the three greatest novels of this genre, Lazarillo de Tormes, Guzman de Alfarache and Quevedo's Buscon. The author shows how Lazaro's and Guzman's ficitonal autobiographies made a highly original break with contemporary theory by attempting to see from within the life of people of low rank, rogues and buffoons. The point of view of the narrator in these novels, becomes the unifying element; plot, structure and style are all manifestations of a fully developed narrative persona. For this 1984 translation, the author updated the bibliography and extended his account of the later development of the picaresque in the postscript. This study will be of value to students of comparative literature as well as those studying the picaresque as a major topic in Spanish courses.

Author : Francisco Rico
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1984-03-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521253705

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The Spanish Picaresque Novel and the Point of View by Francisco Rico Pdf

Rico illuminates the point of view of the narrator in three of the greatest picaresque novels.

Author : Binne de Haan,Konstantin Mierau
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781443869584

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Microhistory and the Picaresque Novel by Binne de Haan,Konstantin Mierau Pdf

In the sixteenth century, the picaresque novel introduced marginal figures (wanderers, beggars and thieves) as the protagonists of elaborate prose narratives, thus appearing to give a voice to hitherto unrepresented social types. This raises several questions as to the referentiality of the picaresque text, pertinent both to historians and literary scholars alike. Microhistory can help investigate this referentiality of the picaresque text, by revealing how particular historical agents perceived marginals and marginality, and juxtaposing these agent perspectives to the literary representation. Microhistory and the Picaresque Novel is the first publication to combine scholarship on the picaresque novel and the practice of microhistory. This innovative volume argues that the approach of microhistorical studies, such as The Cheese and the Worms by Carlo Ginzburg, Inheriting Power: The Story of an Exorcist by Giovanni Levi and The Return of Martin Guerre by Natalie Zemon Davis, can be used to shed new light on classic picaresque novels such as Guzmán de Alfarache, Gil Blas, Grimmelshausen, and their many epigones. The volume brings together expert scholars on the picaresque novel such as Professor Robert Folger, on the one hand, and established microhistorians such as Professor Giovanni Levi, on the other. This exploration is further enriched with contributions by Professor Matti Peltonen, an expert on history theory, and Professor Hans Renders, an expert on biography studies, as well as providing case studies from recent research by the editors Binne de Haan and Dr Konstantin Mierau.

Author : Edward H. Friedman
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-20
Category : Picaresque literature, Spanish
ISBN : 9781855663671

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A Companion to the Spanish Picaresque Novel by Edward H. Friedman Pdf

Written by an international group of scholars, this edited collection provides an overview of the Spanish picaresque from its origins in tales of lowborn adventurers to its importance for the modern novel, along with consideration of the debates that the picaresque has inspired.

Author : J. A. G. Ardila
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107031654

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The Picaresque Novel in Western Literature by J. A. G. Ardila Pdf

Explores picaresque fiction across ages and cultures, providing a revealing and fresh examination of this literary genre.

Author : Peter N. Dunn
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0801428009

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Spanish Picaresque Fiction by Peter N. Dunn Pdf

Exiled to the margins of society and surviving by his wits in the course of his wanderings, the picaro marks a sharp contrast to the high-born characters on whom previous Spanish literature had focused. In this illuminating book, Peter N. Dunn offers a fresh view of the gamut of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spanish picaresque fiction.

Author : Jens Elze
Publisher : Springer
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783319519388

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Postcolonial Modernism and the Picaresque Novel by Jens Elze Pdf

This book is about the contemporary picaresque novel. Despite its popularity, the picaresque, unlike the bildungsroman, is still an undertheorized genre, especially for the context of postcolonial literatures. This study considers the picaresque novel’s traditional focus on poverty and deprivation, and argues that its postcolonial versions urge us to conceive of as a more wide-ranging sense of precarity and precariousness. Non-linear biography, episodic style, protean identities, unreliable narratives, and abject landscapes are the social and formal aspects through which this precarity is thematized and performed. A concise analysis of these concepts and phenomena in the picaresque provides the structure for this book. What is especially significant in comparison to other forms of postcolonial (post)modernism is that the picaresque does not offer a general critique of a project of modernity, but through its persistent precarity points to the paradoxical logics of capitalism, which are especially nuanced under the conditions of neo-imperialism and neoliberalism. The book features texts by established postcolonial authors such as Salman Rushdie and V.S. Naipaul, but especially focuses on the more recent proliferation of the genre in works by Aravind Adiga, Mohsin Hamid and Indra Sinha.

Author : Frank Wadleigh Chandler
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1022818252

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Romances of Roguery by Frank Wadleigh Chandler Pdf

This fascinating book explores the development of the picaresque novel in Spain, a genre that celebrates the adventures of rogues, vagabonds, and other outsiders. Through a detailed analysis of key works, the author sheds light on the cultural and social context in which these novels were written, making this an essential resource for anyone interested in Spanish literature and culture. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Pellon
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004651319

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Upstarts, Wanderers Or Swindlers: Anatomy of the Picaro by Pellon Pdf

Author : Giancarlo Maiorino
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0816627223

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The Picaresque by Giancarlo Maiorino Pdf

Author : Joe Lines
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780815655190

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The Rogue Narrative and Irish Fiction, 1660-1790 by Joe Lines Pdf

With characteristic lawlessness and connection to the common man, the figure of the rogue commanded the world of Irish fiction from 1660 to 1790. During this period of development for the Irish novel, this archetypal figure appears over and over again. Early Irish fiction combined the picaresque genre, focusing on a cunning, witty trickster or pícaro, with the escapades of real and notorious criminals. On the one hand, such rogue tales exemplified the English stereotypes of an unruly Ireland, but on the other, they also personified Irish patriotism. Existing between the dual publishing spheres of London and Dublin, the rogue narrative explored the complexities of Anglo-Irish relations. In this volume, Lines investigates why writers during the long eighteenth-century so often turned to the rogue narrative to discuss Ireland. Alongside recognized works of Irish fiction, such as those by William Chaigneau, Richard Head, and Charles Johnston, Lines presents lesser-known and even anonymous popular texts. With consideration for themes of conflict, migration, religion, and gender, Lines offers up a compelling connection between the rogues themselves, marked by persistence and adaptability, and the ever-popular rogue narrative in this early period of Irish writing.

Author : Robert DiAntonio,Nora Glickman
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438401133

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Tradition and Innovation by Robert DiAntonio,Nora Glickman Pdf

This book studies the rich repository of Latin American Jewish literature, exploring the issues of vanishing traditions along with the subject of assimilation and acculturation. It places in sharp relief the Jewish contribution to the Latin American literary boom. An important aspect of this study is an examination of the contributions of women authors to this field. It studies Jewish life in communities that are little known in either the Jewish or non-Jewish world, worlds unique within the diaspora experience. The book contains critical essays by internationally renowned scholars, along with in-depth interviews with major writers. Contributors include Regina Igel, Florinda Goldberg, Robert DiAntonio, Leonardo Senkman, Naomi Lindstrom, David Foster, Edna Aizenberg, Nora Glickman, Lois Bara, Judith Morganroth Schneider, Murray Baumgarten, Flor Schiminovich, Sandra Cypess, Edward Friedman, Ilan Stavans, Jacobo Sefarmi, and Mario A. Rojas.

Author : Peter N. Dunn
Publisher : Boston : Twayne Publishers
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015004038777

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The Spanish Picaresque Novel by Peter N. Dunn Pdf

Author : Bernhard Malkmus
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781441197238

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The German Picaro and Modernity by Bernhard Malkmus Pdf

The German Pícaro and Modernity reads the re-emergence of the picaresque narrative in twentieth-century German-language writing as an expression of modernity and its social imaginaries. Malkmus argues that the picaresque, whose origins date back to the Spanish Renaissance and the Baroque Age, re-emerged as a reflection both of Germany's explosive modernizing processes between 1880 and 1930 and of the most barbarous implosion of modern civilization under National Socialism. Another reason for the fertility of this literary form at that particular cultural moment is rooted in the complexities of German-Jewish relations and the history of Jewish assimilation in central Europe. A considerable number of authors who used the picaresque form in the twentieth century are from a Jewish background, and Malkmus demonstrates how the picaresque narrative template also offers a medium for German-Jewish self-reflection. In highlighting these connections, he contributes not only to scholarship in European literature, but also but also to our understanding of major social, economic and political issues at stake in modernity

Author : Maren Lickhardt,Gregor Schuhen,Hans Rudolf Velten
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783839444009

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Transgression and Subversion by Maren Lickhardt,Gregor Schuhen,Hans Rudolf Velten Pdf

Is the pícaro, the roguish hero of early modern Spanish adventure fiction, a 'real man'? What position does he hold in the gender hierarchy of his fictional social context? Why is the pícara so 'non-female'? What effect has her gender constitution on her fictional social context? In terms of a gendered subject, the picaresque figure has hardly been analyzed so far. Although scholars have recognized it as a transgressive and subversive model, the 'queer' effect of the figure is yet to be examined. With regard to the categories of class, generation, topography, and gender, the contributions assembled in this volume explore Spanish, French, English, and German novels narratologically from the perspective of culture and gender theories.