Secondary source, Dissertations and Theses on Gabriel García Márquez
Publication Date:
2002
Published:
México DF, México : Universidad Veracruzana Fondo de Cultura Económica
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
Related Item Details:
34, 42, 45, 48-49, 52-53, 56-57, 59-62, 65, 9
Notes:
Menton rereads every book, article, review, notes and theses written since his first stay in Mexico in 1948-49 until the present for the purpose of finding the theoretical basis of his approaches to literature. His approaches to literature can be summed up in two words: "scrutiny" and "walking." Once he began this task, Menton realized that intrinsic reading is not always enough because it could not be done in a void. As much as a reader analyzes the form of a work with all the variety of technical resources, one has to place it into its sociopolitical context as well as the literary context.