Deconstructing Paradise : Inverted Religious Symbolism in Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (161 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Religion to the Margins -- Chapter Two: Caminos of No Return -- Chapter Three: From the Center to the Limits of Existence in José Donoso's El lugar sin límites -- Chapter Four: Undermining Redemption -- Chapter Five: Saved with a Kiss -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index -- About The Author.
Deconstructing Paradise investigates fiction by Arlt, Asturias, Borges, Castellanos, Cortázar, Donoso, García Márquez, Garro, Rulfo, Vargas Llosa, and other authors that inverts Christian symbols to generate a social, political, cultural, or even artistic commentary. Each text underscores a search for meaning that rejects the centering presence of the more traditional Christian focus and, when considered together, the texts underscore a broad pattern to facilitate the synthesis of a large body of twentieth-century Latin American literature.
9781498524728
Latin American literature - 20th century - History and criticism.