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Title
Postmodernism of resistance in Roberto Bolaño's fiction and poetry
Type
Text
Monograph
Contribution
Pastén B., J. Agustín (Author)
Subject
Bolaño, Roberto, 1953-2003--Criticism and interpretation. (LCSH)
Bolaño, Roberto, 1953-2003
Bolaño, Roberto, 1953-2003--Critique et interprétation. (RAM)
Genre Form
Literary criticism (LCGFT)
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (FAST)
Language
English
Classification
LCC: PQ8098.12.O38 Z775 2020 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
Supplementary Content
bibliography
index
Content
text
Summary
"Postmodernism of Resistance in Roberto Bolaño's Fiction and Poetry examines the ways in which Bolaño employs a type of literary aesthetics that subverts traits traditionally associated with postmodernism. Pastén B. coins these aesthetics "postmodernism of resistance" and argues that this resistance stands in direct opposition to critical discourses that construe the presence of hopeless characters and marginal settings in Bolaño's works as signs of the writer's disillusionment with the political as a consequence of the defeat of the Left in Latin America. Rather, he contends, Bolaño creates a fictional world comprised of characters and situations that paradoxically refuse to accept defeat--even while displaying the scars of terrible historical events. In this work Pastén B. challenges some critical assumptions about Bolaño's fiction and poetry that led to decontextualized interpretations of his work and offers a singularly comprehensive investigation that synthesizes multiple perspectives of a complicated author into one text"--Publisher's website.
Table Of Contents
Introduction and theoretical background
An engaged postmodern poet's three-pronged line of defense
The detective genre: a hero with multiple faces
History, nomadic gatherings, and territory in Bolaño's short stories
The republic of letters' trials and tribulations
Literature and disenchantment
2666: historical hauntings and capitalism's dark side
Conclusion.
Authorized Access Point
Pastén B., J. Agustín Postmodernism of resistance in Roberto Bolaño's fiction and poetry
Admin Metadata
Generation Process: DLC marc2bibframe2 v2.5.0
Status: changed
Encoding Level: full
Identified By: bf:Local, 21596578 bf:Local, 019983986
Change Date: 2022-09-28T18:16:39
Creation Date: 2020-06-30
Description Language: English
Description Modifier: United States, Library of Congress
Description Authentication: LC Copy Cataloging
Assigner: YDX