Rain Forest Literatures : Amazonian Texts and Latin American Culture.
Title:
Rain Forest Literatures : Amazonian Texts and Latin American Culture.
Author:
Sá, Lucia.
ISBN:
9780816695812
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (356 pages)
Series:
Cultural Studies of the Americas
Contents:
Contents -- Note on Translations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Roraima and the Carib -- 1. Pacaraima Texts -- 2. Macunaíma (1928) -- 3. Penetrating the Dark Interior -- Part II. The Great Lowland Territory of the Tupi-Guarani -- 4. Tupi-Guarani Texts -- 5. Romanticism and After -- 6. Maíra (1976) -- Part III. Confluence in the Rio Negro -- 7. The Upper Rio Negro: Jurupari and the Big Snake -- 8. Snake Norato (1931) -- 9. The Green Stage -- Part IV. The Arawak and the Uppermost Amazon -- 10. The Machiguenga and Their Heritage -- 11. The Storyteller (1987) -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
In this unprecedented study, Lúcia Sá approaches indigenous texts as creative works rather than source material. She offers a historical overview of the impact of these texts on mainstream Spanish-American and Brazilian literatures, detailing comparisons with native sources and making close analyses of major instances, such as Mário de Andrade's classic Macunaima (1928) and Mario Vargas Llosa's The Storyteller (1986).
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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