Description
Book SynopsisDevelopments: Encounters of Formation in the Latin American and Hispanic/Latino Bildungsroman, a notable contribution for students and scholars of Latin American, Brazilian, Hispanic and Latino literature, explores a significant but overlooked area in the literary production of the twentieth century: the connections between development and the narrative of formation after World War II. Recognizing development as a discursive construction that shapes significantly modern national identity in Latin America, Alejandro Latinez argues that its ideals and narrative relate to the Bildungsroman genre the narrative of formation or development. The study presents a historical background of similar ideals of development in Latin America as well as reflects on a seminal philosophical interplay about youth and modern national identity between the Mexican authors Samuel Ramos and Octavio Paz. Furthermore, it examines Mario Vargas Llosa's 1963
La ciudad y los perros, José Lezama Lima's
Table of ContentsContents: From the Pelado to the Pachuco. Adolescents Defining Mexican Identity –
La ciudad y los perros, Military Schooling and Development –
Paradiso and the Revolutionary Cuba: Between Two Narratives –
La noche de Tlatelolco. Youth Sacrifice in the Name of Modernity – Clarice Lispector, Brazilian Development and the Education of the Hybrid – The Voices of Esperanza and Negi; the Hispanic/Latino Development.
