Karl Erik Schollhammer

Affect and Realism in Contemporary Brazilian Fiction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is about contemporary Brazilian fiction from the past two decades and concerned with the possibilities of literary intervention in the reality of the historical moment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 220g
• ISBN-13: 9781839985409
• ISBN-10: 1839985402
• Artikelnr.: 63563242

Autorenporträt

Karl Erik Schøllhammer is Full Professor at the Department of Language and Literature at the Pontifície Universidade Católica in Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and a researcher at the Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa (CNPq) and  Cientista do Nosso Estado (Faperj).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The Contemporary in Current Brazilian Literature
2. Realisms in Question
3. A Paper World-Reflections on the Realism of Luiz Ruffato
4. Brazilian Literature and the Market
5. The Victorious Return of the Self in Contemporary Writing
7. The Challenge of the Sensible and the Sublime Revisited
8. Farewell to the Contemporary!
Bibliography
Index.