The Scripted Self
Published on 1. January 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-85668-664-1 (ISBN)
Description
The period since 1975 in Spain, following years of dictatorship, has seen a remarkable surge of creative cultural activity. Particularly significant has been the proliferation of novels by both new and established writers, often termed nueva narrative espanola. From within this diversity the recurrent themes of self and identity emerge as a constant preoccupation and constitute the central concern of this new study. Christie, Drinkwater and Macklin read their chosen texts in terms of the possibilites and limits of writing the self. New narrative writing in Spain addresses the absence oat the heart of concepts of identity and self, exploring and dissecting societal norms, cultural codes and inherited discourses in a periof of rapid economic and political change.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Liverpool University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 149 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-85668-664-1 (9780856686641)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
by Ruth Christie, J Drinkwater and J J Macklin
Content
Preface
Introduction
Part One- The self remembered
1. Nostalgia for a perscribed identity in Todas las almas
2. Memory and oblivion: personal and rural identities in the narrative writings of Julio Llamazares
3. Place, memory and death in Jose Maria Merino, El caldero de oro and Cuentos del Barrio del Refugio
Part Two - Re-siting the self
4. Autobiography as fiction in Todas las almas
5. Double identity: Memory, duplicity and dissimulation in Antonio Munoz Molina's Beltenebros
6. 'La soledad de las islas': towards a topography of identity in Belen Gopegui, La escala de los mapas and La soledad era esto
Part Three - Postmodern Personae
7. Modernity and postmodernity: Personal and textual identities in Makbara
8. Self-writing and 'lo que pudo ser' in Corazon tan blanco
9. Postmodern identities: writing by women and Rosa Montero's Amado amo
Conclusion
Bibliography
Introduction
Part One- The self remembered
1. Nostalgia for a perscribed identity in Todas las almas
2. Memory and oblivion: personal and rural identities in the narrative writings of Julio Llamazares
3. Place, memory and death in Jose Maria Merino, El caldero de oro and Cuentos del Barrio del Refugio
Part Two - Re-siting the self
4. Autobiography as fiction in Todas las almas
5. Double identity: Memory, duplicity and dissimulation in Antonio Munoz Molina's Beltenebros
6. 'La soledad de las islas': towards a topography of identity in Belen Gopegui, La escala de los mapas and La soledad era esto
Part Three - Postmodern Personae
7. Modernity and postmodernity: Personal and textual identities in Makbara
8. Self-writing and 'lo que pudo ser' in Corazon tan blanco
9. Postmodern identities: writing by women and Rosa Montero's Amado amo
Conclusion
Bibliography