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Novels of testimony and resistance from Central America
- Title
- Novels of testimony and resistance from Central America / Linda J. Craft.
- Author
- Craft, Linda J., 1948-
- Publication
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [1997], ©1997.
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- Description
- x, 237 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- In Novels of Testimony and Resistance, Linda Craft defines and describes the testimonial novel, traces its recent history in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, and examines the historical and political context that has given rise to this hybrid literary form.
- Focusing on some of the most compelling recent examples of this literature of resistance, she considers the ways in which mediated "eyewitness testimonies" can be contaminated by even a sympathetic collaborator and explores the tensions between writing history and writing an artistic elaboration of an event.
- With political turmoil subsiding in Central America, Craft's study is particularly timely, given its attempt to take stock of recent developments in this literature and to argue for its inclusion in an enlarged, multicultural literary canon.
- Subjects
- Historical fiction, Central American > History and criticism
- Argueta, Manlio, 1935- > Criticism and interpretation
- Reportage literature, Central American > History and criticism
- Belli, Gioconda, 1948- > Criticism and interpretation
- Alegría, Claribel > Criticism and interpretation
- Central American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
- Arias, Arturo, 1950- > Criticism and interpretation
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-220) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Testimony in Theory and Practice: issues of Postmodernism, Subalternity, Decolonization, and Nationalism -- 2. Development of the Novel and Testimony in Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador -- 3. Claribel Alegria: Family Ties/Political Lies -- 4. Manlio Argueta: Conscience, Oral Traditions, and the Feminization of the Salvadoran Struggle -- 5. The Word According to Arturo Arias -- 6. The Indian Princess and the High-Heeled Warrior: Gioconda Belli's Revolting Women -- 7. Characteristics of Testimonial Novels as Practiced in Central America: Conclusions.
- ISBN
- 0813015081 (c : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 96045381
- OCLC
- ocm35885476
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries