Gabriel García Márquez: New Readings

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511898006

This volume of essays constitutes a critical reappraisal of a front-rank world author, Gabriel García Márquez, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983. Apart from extending critical appreciation of his work to an English-reading public, its principal objective is to reflect the breadth and variety of critical approaches to literature applied to a single corpus of writing; here, the major novels (including Love in the Times of Cholera, 1986) and a selection of his short fiction are considered. The aim of this collection, given these dual objectives, is to extend knowledge of the work of García Márquez and introduce to both the general reader and to students of literature a plurality of current critical approaches to his rich variety of fictional techniques. The volume also includes a bibliography of criticism available in English and an English translation of the author's Stockholm Nobel acceptance address.

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Frontmatter
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Note on the translations
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List of contributors
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Introduction
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- By Bernard McGuirk, University of Nottingham
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1 - Characterization in the early fiction of Gabriel García Márquez
pp 5-16
- By Richard Cardwell, University of Nottingham
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2 - Beware of gift-bearing tales: reading ‘Baltazar's Prodigious Afternoon’ according to Marcel Mauss
pp 17-32
- By Eduardo González, Johns Hopkins University
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3 - The body as political instrument: communication in No One Writes to the Colonel
pp 33-44
- By René Prieto, Southern Methodist University of Dallas
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4 - Magical realism and the theme of incest in One Hundred Years of Solitude
pp 45-64
- By Edwin Williamson, University of London
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5 - Translation and genealogy: One Hundred Years of Solitude
pp 65-80
- By Aníbal González, University of Texas
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6 - The humour of One Hundred Years of Solitude
pp 81-94
- By Clive Griffin, University of Oxford
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7 - On ‘magical’ and social realism in García Márquez
pp 95-116
- By Gerald Martin, Portsmouth Polytechnic
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8 - Aspects of narrative structure in The Incredible and Sad Story of the Innocent Eréndira and her Heartless Grandmother
pp 117-134
- By Mark Millington, University of Nottingham
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9 - Language and power in The Autumn of the Patriarch
pp 135-150
- By Jo Labanyi, University of London
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10 - Writing and ritual in Chronicle of a Death Foretold
pp 151-168
- By Carlos Alonso, Wesleyan University
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11 - Free-play of fore-play: the fiction of non-consummation: speculations on Chronicle of a Death Foretold
pp 169-190
- By Bernard McGuirk, University of Nottingham
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12 - A prospective post-script : apropos of Love in the Times of Cholera
pp 191-206
- By Robin Fiddian, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
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The solitude of Latin America: Nobel address 1982
pp 207-211
- By Gabriel García Márquez, Richard Cardwell, University of Nottingham
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Index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Note on the translations
pp vii-vii

List of contributors
pp viii-x

Introduction
pp 1-4

1 - Characterization in the early fiction of Gabriel García Márquez
pp 5-16

2 - Beware of gift-bearing tales: reading ‘Baltazar's Prodigious Afternoon’ according to Marcel Mauss
pp 17-32

3 - The body as political instrument: communication in No One Writes to the Colonel
pp 33-44

4 - Magical realism and the theme of incest in One Hundred Years of Solitude
pp 45-64

5 - Translation and genealogy: One Hundred Years of Solitude
pp 65-80

6 - The humour of One Hundred Years of Solitude
pp 81-94

7 - On ‘magical’ and social realism in García Márquez
pp 95-116

8 - Aspects of narrative structure in The Incredible and Sad Story of the Innocent Eréndira and her Heartless Grandmother
pp 117-134

9 - Language and power in The Autumn of the Patriarch
pp 135-150

10 - Writing and ritual in Chronicle of a Death Foretold
pp 151-168

11 - Free-play of fore-play: the fiction of non-consummation: speculations on Chronicle of a Death Foretold
pp 169-190

12 - A prospective post-script : apropos of Love in the Times of Cholera
pp 191-206

The solitude of Latin America: Nobel address 1982
pp 207-211

Select bibliography
pp 212-224

Index
pp 225-230

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