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Genre Fusion: A New Approach to History, Fiction, and Memory in Contemporary Spain (Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures)
Sara J. Brenneis
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Description for Genre Fusion: A New Approach to History, Fiction, and Memory in Contemporary Spain (Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures)
Paperback. "Genre Fusion demonstrates how Spanish authors accurately represent the lived experience of Spain's history and collective memory by overlapping the genres of fiction and historiography." Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 241 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 399.
Although the boom in historical fiction and historiography about Spain's recent past has found an eager readership, these texts are rarely studied as two halves of the same story. With Genre Fusion: A New Approach to History, Fiction, and Memory in Contemporary Spain, Sara J. Brenneis argues that fiction and nonfiction written by a single author and focused on the same historical moment deserve to be read side-by-side. By proposing a literary model that examines these genres together, Genre Fusion gives equal importance to fiction and historiography in Spain. In her book, Brenneis develops a new theory of "genre fusion" ... Read more
Although the boom in historical fiction and historiography about Spain's recent past has found an eager readership, these texts are rarely studied as two halves of the same story. With Genre Fusion: A New Approach to History, Fiction, and Memory in Contemporary Spain, Sara J. Brenneis argues that fiction and nonfiction written by a single author and focused on the same historical moment deserve to be read side-by-side. By proposing a literary model that examines these genres together, Genre Fusion gives equal importance to fiction and historiography in Spain. In her book, Brenneis develops a new theory of "genre fusion" ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
Series
Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
West Lafayette, United States
ISBN
9781557536785
SKU
V9781557536785
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About Sara J. Brenneis
Sara J. Brenneis teaches a diverse array of courses on contemporary Spanish culture at Amherst College. She has published scholarly articles in journals such as the Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, Letras Femeninas, and History & Memory on the overlapping of history and fiction in Spanish literature. Brenneis’s current work focuses on issues of historical memory in Spanish representations of the ... Read more
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