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Roberto Arlt : translation and the construction of genre

Abstract

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[From the introduction]:Roberto Arlt is generally considered by critics the forerunner of the Latin American "boom". Arlt's innovative style reflects a fascination with the popular and a trenchant social realism fused with fantasy; his oeuvre is considered to have paved the way for later Latin American magic realism. Though distinguished names such as Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortazar praised his work, still, Arlt has long been considered by lesser figures a marginal voice, a tragicomic commentator on life, anautodidact and journalist, a writer who could not even spell. Only fairly recently has his place in the Argentine canon been granted; elsewhere, Arltian scholars and critics regard Arlt's work as an incisive portrait of its epoch, a much deserved milestone that secured the author a literary place that his contemporaries tried to deny him.

Degree

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Name dc:type.qualificationname
PhD
Level dc:type.qualificationlevel
Doctoral
Grantor dc:publisher.institution
University of Hull
Year dc:date.issued
2007

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Miranda, María Carolina

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en

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oai:hull-repository.worktribe.com:4213136

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Miranda, María Carolina. Roberto Arlt : translation and the construction of genre. Doctoral thesis, University of Hull, 2007. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/4213136/1/Thesis