Format:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 183 pages)
ISBN:
9781442623248
,
1442623241
Series Statement:
Theory/culture
Content:
I. Towards a framework for the analysis of description in prose fiction -- II. Description and mise en abyme in Zola's Une Page d'amour -- III. Reading of visual images and postcard descriptions in Claude Simon's Histoire -- IV. The sarcastic descriptor: Satire and parody in Benito Perez Galdos' La de Bringas -- V. Description and modes of representation in Cornelio Penna's A Menina Morta -- VI. The impossible 'mimesis': Description and metadescription in Carlos de Oliveira's Finisterra.
Content:
In this wide-ranging study, Jose Manuel Lopes proposes a theoretical framework for analysing the role of description in prose fiction. He offers readings of texts drawn from four national literatures - French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Brazilian - testing his model across a cultural and temporal spectrum
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-178) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0802007279
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781442623064
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1442623063
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe
Language:
English
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