Text and Image in Contemporary Mexican Narrative: The Effect of Interdisciplinarity in Six Novels

In this thesis I demonstrate that the inclusion of images in Mexican literary texts published during the last twenty years--whether these images are physically present or verbally described--function as a tool of formal and conceptual power. I propose that this tool substantially adds to the text's meaning and possible impact on the reader. The temporal frame for the selection of the literary work stems from a growing attention to the visual arts; in Mexico specifically it is based on the important promotion given to interdisciplinary work since the creation of the National Fund for Culture and Arts (Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, FONCA) in 1989. The thesis is divided into three chapters that explore the following works:

Department dc:contributor.department

Spanish

Year dc:date.issued

2014

Author dc:creator

• Berecochea, Ximena

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Sarabia, Rosa

• Appropriation
• Contemporary Mexican Literature
• FONCA
• Interdisciplinarity
• Text and Image

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1807/74814

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:utoronto.scholaris.ca:1807/74814