Rosane Carneiro Ramos

Lyricism in the Brazilian Novel (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This study is the first to examine the presence of prose lyricism as a tendency in Brazilian novels. In addition to examining a selection of works of fiction and writers between the nineteenth and the twenty-first centuries, the book also addresses the absence of the theme in Brazilian literary studies, exposing the origin of a prejudice against lyrical narratives in comparison with the predominant use of social realism. The author bridges this gap, bringing to light some of the implications of this absence with regards to the themes of realism and representation in national literature. She also engages with a selection of relevant theories about lyrical novels, adding to its premises recent and flexible configurations in the theory of genres. The ultimate aim of this book is to contribute to a different perception of prose lyricism and its possibilities for political engagement. This unique investigation provides readers with different degrees of knowledge about Brazilian literature the opportunity to get to know both literary movements in Brazil as well as relevant authors, such as João Guimarães Rosa, Clarice Lispector and Raduan Nassar, among many others.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781800795501
• Artikelnr.: 68467424

Autorenporträt

Rosane Carneiro Ramos is a Teaching Fellow in Portuguese at the University of Edinburgh. She holds a PhD in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies from King's College London, where she is a Visiting Research Associate. She is also a Research Associate at the University of Exeter, for the project «Women of the Brown Atlantic: Real and Imaginary Passages in Portuguese 1711-2011». She collaborates as a senior researcher and translator for BBC Africa Eye's current affair programmes, and is a poet with work published in Brazil and the United Kingdom.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Lyricism and the Novel, Two Shifting Concepts - Distinct Approaches to the Lyrical Novel - Outlines of Lyricism - Historical Angles in Brazil - A Troubled Association with Romanticism - Symbolist Prose, a Problem of Commitment? - Revisiting Perspectives with Lyricism - Prose Lyricism Today - Three Contemporary Case Studies - Concluding Remarks.

Rezensionen

«Clearly written and cogently argued, Dr Carneiro Ramos's discerning study casts new light on the lyrical novel as it has evolved in Brazilian literature. As the author demonstrates, this particular genre, long cultivated in Brazil, is quite distinct from «magical realism», which we associate with Spanish America. Lyricism in the Brazilian Novel will thus be of value to Brazilianists and to those who favour a comparative approach to modern Latin American letters.» (Professor Earl E. Fitz, Vanderbilt University)

«This stimulating book celebrates an essential yet understudied feature of Brazilian literature. Rosane Carneiro Ramos's objectives are threefold: she revises the concept of lyricism, putting together side by side Brazilian, Anglo-American and European scholars, rewrites the Brazilian literary historiography about prose lyricism, and examines with breadth and specialization key contemporary Brazilian novels. By doing so, she invites her readers to challenge the widespread idea that realism predominates in contemporary Brazilian literature and contributes to a broader understanding of the relationship between prose lyricism and social realism.» (Dr Ana Cláudia Suriani da Silva, UCL)