A Companion to Gabriel García Márquez

by Raymond Leslie Williams

Overview

One of the major Latin American writers of the twentieth century.

This book offers discussion and analysis of the subtle writing of Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez - a traditionalist who draws from classic Western texts, a Modernist committed to modernizing the conservative literary tradition in Colombia and Latin America, an internationally recognized major writer of the 1960s Boom, the key figure in popularizing what has been called "magic realism" and, finally, a Modernist who has occasionally engaged in some ofthe strategies of the postmodern.
The author demonstrates that García Márquez is above all a committed and highly accomplished Modernist fiction writer who has successfully synthesized his political vision in his writing and absorbed a vast array of cultural and literary traditions. Drawing on García Márquez's interviews with Williams and others over the years, the book also explores the importance of the non-literary, the presence of oral tradition and the visual arts, thus providing a more complete insight into García Márquez's strategies as a Modernist with heterogeneous aesthetic interests, as well as an understanding of his social and political preoccupations.

RAYMOND LESLIE WILLIAMS is Professor of Latin American Literature at the University of California, Riverside.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781855662520
Publisher:	BOYDELL & BREWER INC
Publication date:	04/18/2013
Series:	ISSN , #276
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

Abbreviations ix

Foreword xi

1 García Márquez, the Modernists, and the Boom 1

2 Cien años de soledad- and the Macondo Cycle 33

3 El otoño del patriarca and the Political Writings 77

4 Postmodern Gestures: El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Crónica de una mnerte anunciada, and La increíble y triste historia de la Cándida Eréndira y de su abuela desalmada 101

5 Recent Writing 127

6 Epilogue 145

Guide to Further Reading 167

Select Bibliography 171

Index 179

Editorial Reviews

Williams writes clear, unobstructed sentences and shies away from pedantic terminology, qualities that make the material accessible to students.

BULLETIN OF SPANISH STUDIES

Well organized and sets out to guide the reader through García Márquez's major works in an order that, though not strictly chronological, is attentive to the writer's development.

TLS

[T]his study provides an invaluable understanding of a unique writer who has become a classic in his region and the world. Essential.

CHOICE

This volume provides a useful summary for both students and academics alike whilst the bibliography offers an extensive list of further reading. It is an essential addition for the libraries of institutions where Latin American literature forms part of the curriculum. Given the importance of Márquez in modern literature the volume also deserves a place in the large general reference library.

REFERENCE REVIEWS

Well organized and sets out to guide the reader through Garcia Marquez's major works in an order that, though not strictly chronological, is attentive to the writer's development. TLS

Williams writes clear, unobstructed sentences and shies away from pedantic terminology, qualities that make the material accessible to students. BULLETIN OF SPANISH STUDIES

This volume provides a useful summary for both students and academics alike whilst the bibliography offers an extensive list of further reading. It is an essential addition for the libraries of institutions where Latin American literature forms part of the curriculum. Given the importance of Marquez in modern literature the volume also deserves a place in the large general reference library. REFERENCE REVIEWS
[T]his study provides an invaluable understanding of a unique writer who has become a classic in his region and the world. Essential. CHOICE

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