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portada Unraveling the Real: The Fantastic in Spanish-American Ficciones
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Year
2010
Language
English
Pages
296
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
23.5 x 16.2 x 2.2 cm
Weight
0.50 kg.
ISBN
1439902402
ISBN13
9781439902400
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Unraveling the Real: The Fantastic in Spanish-American Ficciones

Cynthia Duncan (Author) · Temple University Press · Hardcover

Unraveling the Real: The Fantastic in Spanish-American Ficciones - Duncan, Cynthia

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Synopsis "Unraveling the Real: The Fantastic in Spanish-American Ficciones"

In literary and cinematic fictions, the fantastic blurs the lines between reality and fantasy. Lacking a consensus on definition, critics often describe the fantastic as supernatural, or similar to, but quite different from fantasy, science fiction, and magical realism. aIn "Unraveling the Real" Cynthia Duncan provides a new theoretical framework for discussing how the fantastic explores both metaphysical and socially relevant themes in Spanish American fictions. Duncan deftly shows how authors and artists have used this literary genre to convey marginalized voices as well as critique colonialism, racism, sexism, and classism. Selecting examples from the works of such noted writers as Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortizar, and Carlos Fuentes, among others, she shows how capacious the concept is, and why it eludes standard definition.aChallenging the notion that the fantastic is escapist in nature, "Unraveling the Real" shows how the fantastic has been politically engaged throughout the twentieth century, often questioning what is real or unreal. Presenting a mirror image of reality, the fantastic does not promoting a utopian parallel universe but rather challenges the way we think about the world around us and the cultural legacy of colonialism."

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