"'Kron og mynt: Eit veddemal' by Kjartan Flogstad is reviewed." Mentions that Latin American writers as Borges and García Márquez are brought up to mind when reading the novel.
García-Corales documents Pedro Lemebel as a new and prominent writer in modern Chilean literature. Towards the end of the article Lemebel describes how García Márquez influenced him as an early writer.
Spain : Centro de Estudios y Cooperación para América Latina
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Library, University of Illinois
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9(21) : pp. 35-52
Notes:
Discusses contemporary issues with the analysis of Cervantes and Don Quijote de La Mancha by various writers. Briefly mentions the effect of this classic literature on modern writing, including in "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel García Márquez.
The article focuses on the use of memory in Latin American literature, with a focus on the novel "Letargo de Perla Suez." Brief mention of Gabriel García Márquez receiving the "Premio Rómulo Gallegos."
Reviews the documentary "La desazón suprema: retrato incesante de Fernando Vallejo." Brief mention of Gabriel García Márquez in relation to Fernando Vallejo.
Viewed on 29 January, 2008. "La edición especial de Cien años de soledad, novela emblemática del Nobel colombiano Gabriel García Márquez, aparecerá en unas semanas, adelantó Marisol Schulz, directora de Alfaguara México, quien dijo que para el próximo abril podría estar ya en librerías del país."
"In critical theory, representation is often linked to the development of social themes that endorse violence, but its potential as a means to process the effects of violence is not always examined. This dissertation studies how textual representation can transform violence into a force that consolidates the affective and normative structures of a community. In the works studied here, violence is portrayed as a destructive and frightening phenomenon, but also as an experience of survival that strengthens communal ties. My analysis is based on theories of the nation as an entity constructed through narratives of violence, and my focus is Colombia, a country with a conflictive process of national consolidation. Precisely for that reason, Colombia has for years invoked its subsistence as a nation through textual representation. Few nations have originated so much public representation of their violence as Colombia, both for local and global audiences. The corpus of this dissertation is comprised of textual narratives written by Colombian authors from various perspectives and in different styles. Works included here are a textbook compiled in 1910 to teach national history in secondary schools, a sociological study of violence as a national problem from 1962, two early novels by Gabriel Garcia Márquez, two compilations of testimonial narratives, by Alfredo Molano and Patricia Lara, a novel by Fernando Vallejo and another by Laura Restrepo. Some of these texts emphasize a call for social involvement and others a reflection on the social effects of violence, in both practical and mythical terms. All of them have in common the reference to violence as an experience of survival, linked to the idea of national community. They register the disruptions, the fear, and the pain provoked by violence, bearing witness to the desire for a social order that would not include it, only possible through a new process of representation. The main conclusion of my analysis is that although textual representation can be an ally or an indirect supporter of social structures that promote violence, it also had the potential to be the means for the development of alternatives to these same structures."
"Reviews the book 'La guaracha del Macho Camacho,' by Luis Rafael Sánchez." Mentions that "Sanchez's treatment of subject, language, and genre places him in the company of such distinguished Latin American writers as Cabrera Infante, Vargas Llosa, García Márquez, Fuentes, Puig, Cortazar, and several others."