{"product_id":"foregrounded-description-in-prose-fiction-9781442623064","title":"Foregrounded Description in Prose Fiction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this wide-ranging study, José Manuel Lopes proposes a theoretical framework for analysing the role of description in prose fiction. He offers readings of texts drawn from four national literatures—French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Brazilian—testing his model across a cultural and temporal spectrum. This critical breadth also illustrates the significance of description in disparate contexts: the postmodern novel, which implicitly challenges conventional notions of foreground and background, as well as the naturalist and realist fiction of the nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLopes applies his model to detailed readings of Emile Zola's \u003cem\u003eUne Page d'amour\u003c\/em\u003e, Claude Simon's \u003cem\u003eHistoir\u003c\/em\u003ee, Benito Pérez Galdós' \u003cem\u003eLa de Bringas\u003c\/em\u003e, Cornélio Penna's \u003cem\u003eA Menina Morta\u003c\/em\u003e, and Carlos de Oliveira's \u003cem\u003eFinisterra\u003c\/em\u003e. In addition to exploring the interplay of description and narration, these readings pay particular att\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408353501527,"sku":"9781442623064","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442623064.jpg?v=1730502561","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/foregrounded-description-in-prose-fiction-9781442623064","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}