How Coherent is Noticias del Imperio? A Note on Fernando del Paso's Techniques of Characterization
This article offers a reassessment of the critical debate about the political perspective offered by Fernando del Paso in his monumental historical novel of 1987, Noticias del Imperio. It outlines del Paso's use of, inter alia, irony and guilt by association as...
| Veröffentlicht in: | The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies. - Modern Humanities Research Association, 2009. - 113(2018), 1, Seite 130-146 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
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2018
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies |
| Schlagworte: | Political science Arts Social sciences Philosophy |
| Zusammenfassung: | This article offers a reassessment of the critical debate about the political perspective offered by Fernando del Paso in his monumental historical novel of 1987, Noticias del Imperio. It outlines del Paso's use of, inter alia, irony and guilt by association as his principal means of discrediting the protagonists Carlota and Maximiliano, incorporating the views of several individual critics into a single analysis of the novel's rhetorical strategies. From this, it is argued not only that postmodern interpretations of the novel are untenable, but that the novel's closing chapters are aesthetically unconvincing, contra the assessment of one recent critic. |
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| ISSN: | 22224297 |