American Fiction
Mostrando 1-12 de 29 artigos, teses e dissertações.
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1. RE-POLITICIZING MENTAL ILLNESS: REFLECTIONS ON BOREDOM AND DEPRESSION IN AMERICAN POSTPOSTMODERN FICTION
Abstract Figurations of psychological problems, mental illness, boredom, depression, addiction, and medication abound in post-postmodern fiction. David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest and The Pale King and Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections are cases in point. Apparently, what these works share in common are the material and psycho-biological explanations t
Ilha Desterro. Publicado em: 2021-04
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2. A THOUSAND AND ONE VOICES: RE-READING SCHEHERAZADE IN CONTEMPORARY ARAB-AMERICAN FICTION
In the wake of multiculturalism, the canon began to make room for the literary production of several groups of immigrants. Arab-American writers, however, remained marginal. Based on the notion of diaspora and its implications, this paper intends to investigate the literary production by Arab immigrants and their descendants in the United States with a view
Ilha Desterro. Publicado em: 2014-12
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3. THE INTERTEXT OF HISTORY AND LITERATURE IN FACE OF AN ANGEL, A POSTMODERN/POST-NEOCOLONIAL NOVEL BY DENISE CHÁVEZ
As the title itself suggests, the present article aims at drawing a parallel between history and fiction in the novel Face of an Angel, a first person narrative by Mexican-American writer Denise Chávez. Therefore, it is the focus of the current essay to analyse how the intertextuality between Chávez's plot and the historical periods that work as backdrops
Ilha Desterro. Publicado em: 2014-12
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4. De muertas y policías: la duplicidad de la novela negra en la obra de Roberto Bolaño
The article presents a sociological analysis of violence representations based on the study of crime fiction. Relying on the Frankfurtian comments on the booming of crime fiction in the modernity, two European writers (Andrea Camilleri and Henning Mankell) are compared with a Latin American one (Roberto Bola–o). Bola–o's novel, 2666, is built on a partic
Sociologias. Publicado em: 2013-12
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5. Indústrias nacionais, diálogos regionais: trocas no cinema contemporâneo sulamericano / National industries, regional dialogues: changes in contemporary South American fiction film sector
In the past two decades the South American film production went back on track thanks to the slowdown of economic crises in the countries of the region and the implementation of better policies to support the film sector. This movie activity has received support from some initiatives in the region. The debate around the idea of integration promoted by Mercosu
IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 18/06/2012
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6. O tempo como antagonista na obra Somewhere in Time, de Richard Matheson
The novel Somewhere in Time (1975), by the American author Richard Matheson, presents time as the most relevant element in the elaboration of this novel which ranges between Fantasy and Science Fiction. Time appears in the novel through many perspectives not only as part of the narrative structure, as a character, but also connected to a musical element, mor
IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 31/01/2012
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7. As representações temporais na obra de Juan Rulfo / The temporal representation in the work of Juan Rulfo
Na década de 1950, vieram à público duas pequenas obras de um autor até então desconhecido. Em 1953, publicava-se o livro de contos Llano en llamas e, dois anos depois, o romance Pedro Páramo. Bastaria essa diminuta produção literária para consagrar aquele que viria a ser tomado como referência para toda uma geração de escritores latino-americano
IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 25/08/2011
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8. Reificação na ficção científica norte-americana dos anos 60: uma análise do foco narrativo de Do Androids dream of electric sheep? de Philip K. Dick / Reification in the American science fiction of the 60th: an analysis of the narrative focus of do androids dream of eletric sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Esta dissertação busca investigar os materiais sócio-históricos dos anos 60 norte-americanos materializados no romance de ficção científica Do androids dream of electric sheep? de Philip K. Dick por meio da análise do foco narrativo, especialmente. Embora não seja considerado um dos mais refinados romances de Dick, a obra apresenta um diagnóstico b
IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 28/04/2011
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9. Mito e cultura na narrativa etnográfica
Who is the one that observes and narrates the life of another mode? Is this one so different from each other, even getting roots so close? The anthropological and ethnographic narrative fiction, such as Nine Nights, by Bernardo Carvalho and The Speaker, by Mario Vargas Llosa, portray different perceptions of the imaginary character of urban, in contact with
IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 25/03/2011
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10. IN THE COUNTRY OF FICTION: TRAVEL AND NARRATIVE IN BRAZILIAN AND ARGENTINE CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE. / NO PAÍS DA FICÇÃO: NARRATIVA E VIAGEM NA LITERATURA BRASILEIRA E ARGENTINA CONTEMPORÂNEAS.
The travel texts are a mark for the history of Latin America, and, consequently, the literature and the writers from there. This work analyses if the travel still a recurring theme in contemporary latin america literature. In this narratives the displacement and the mobility are relevant characteristics, that some thinkers consider as a brand of the contempo
Publicado em: 2011
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11. Fighting the Strai(gh)tjacket: black women bonding in Loving Her and The Color Purple / Fighting the Strai(gh)tjacket: black women bonding in Loving Her and The Color Purple
O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar como as relações lésbicas são retratadas nas obras Loving Her e The Color Purple. Ao analisar as relações entre homens/mulheres e mulheres/mulheres, este estudo também revê e critica o golpe triplo sofrido por lésbicas negras, por serem, ao mesmo tempo, mulheres, afro-americanas e homossexuais. Utilizando fatos
IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 08/03/2010
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12. A place to the journal O Novo Mundo / Um lugar para o periódico O Novo Mundo (Nova Iorque, 1870-1879)
This study investigates the articles referring to the literature (fiction prose and poety) of O Novo Mundo Periódico Ilustrado do Progresso da Idade, published in New York, United States, between 1870 and 1879 for distribution and circulation in Brazil. All written in Portuguese, the newspaper was founded by José Carlos Rodrigues (1844-1923), its chief and
Publicado em: 2010