In 1554, Lazarillo de Tormes, a slim, unassuming little volume,
unsigned by the author, made its first published appearance in the
bookstalls of several important mercantile centers in Spain and the
Netherlands. Since then, as narratives of picaros--and
picaras--continued to follow in the footsteps of Lazaro's fictional
life, picaresque literature developed into a major genre in
literary studies that remains popular to this day.
Yet the genre's definition is anything but simple, as the
diversity of this volume demonstrates. Part 1, "Materials," reviews
editions and translations of Lazarillo and other picaresque works,
as well as the critical and historical resources related to them.
The essays in part 2, "Approaches," explore the picaresque's place
in language and literature classrooms of all levels. Some
contributors contextualize Lazarillo in the early modern Spanish
culture it satirizes, investigating the role of the church and the
marginalization of Muslims and Jews. Others pair Lazarillo with
Aleman's Guzman de Alfarache or Quevedo's Buscon to concentrate on
the genre's literary aspects. A cluster of essays focuses on
teaching the picaresque (including the female picaresque) to
nonspecialist students in interdisciplinary courses. The volume
concludes with a section devoted to the picaresque novel's
influence on other literary traditions, from early modern
autobiographies, such as Teresa of Avila's Libro de la vida, to
post-Spanish Civil War texts to twentieth-century Latin American
novels and 1950s American beat narratives.
General
| Imprint: |
Modern Language Association of America
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Approaches to Teaching World Literature 106 |
| Release date: |
2009 |
| First published: |
2009 |
| Editors: |
Anne J. Cruz
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 155 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
| Pages: |
181 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-60329-016-6 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
1-60329-016-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781603290166 |
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