The post-boom in Spanish American fiction /
Donald L. Shaw.
- Saratoga Springs : State University of New York Press, �1998.
- 1 online resource (217 pages)
- SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture .
- SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-209) and index.
The post-boom -- The transition -- Isabel Allende -- Antonio Sk�armeta -- Luisa Valenzuela -- Rosario Ferr�e -- Gustavo Sainz -- Conclusion: post-boom and postmodernism.
What happened in Spanish American fiction after the Boom? Can we define the Post-Boom? What are its characteristics? How does it relate to the Boom itself? Is Post-Boom the same as Postmodernism or something quite different? Shaw traces the emergence of a different kind of writing that began to displace the Boom in the mid-1970s and has flourished ever since. More reader-friendly, more concerned with the here and now of Latin America, the writers of the Post-Boom have explored new areas of Spanish American life and incorporated characters from new social groups, especially young working-class and lower middle-class figures with their distinctive "pop" culture and freewheeling life-style. Shaw suggests that, while some Boom writers have moved toward the Post-Boom, Post-Boom narrative is distinctively different from that of the older movement and cannot be readily assimilated into Postmodernism.
Spanish American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century Roman hispano-am�ericain--Histoire et critique.--20e si�ecle Spanish American fiction. Fictie. Spaans.