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Sites of Disquiet : The Non-Space in Spanish American Short Narratives and Their Cinematic Transformations.

Kressner, Ilka.

Sites of Disquiet : The Non-Space in Spanish American Short Narratives and Their Cinematic Transformations. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (187 pages) - Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures Series ; v.58 . - Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures Series .

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface: Approaching Un-common Grounds -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Spotting the Non-Space -- Chapter One: Into Spatial Vagueness: Jorge Luis Borges's and Miguel Picazo's Hombre de la esquina rosada -- Chapter Two: The Power of Staging: Spaces of Emulation in Jorge Luis Borges's "Tema del traidor y del héroe" and Bernardo Bertolucci's Strategia del ragno -- Chapter Three: Screening the Void: Julio Cortázar's "Cartas de mamá," and Manuel Antin's and Miguel Picazo's Filmic Translations -- Chapter Four: Echoes in the Dark: Pedro Páramo on the Page and on the Screen -- Chapter Five: Toward Amor Vacui: Gabriel García Márquez's and Ruy Guerra's Eréndiras -- Epilogue: The Non-Space Revisited -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Book and the Author.

9781612492872


Spanish American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Spanish American literature -- Film adaptations.
Personal space in literature.
Space and time in literature.
Sacred space in literature.
Space (Architecture) in literature.


Electronic books.

PQ7082.N7 -- K68 2013eb

863.6

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