EL MICRO-RELATO EN MEXICO: JULIO TORRI, JUAN JOSE ARREOLA Y AUGUSTO MONTERROSO. (SPANISH TEXT) (MEXICO, GUATEMALA).
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Title
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EL MICRO-RELATO EN MEXICO: JULIO TORRI, JUAN JOSE ARREOLA Y AUGUSTO MONTERROSO. (SPANISH TEXT) (MEXICO, GUATEMALA).
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Identifier
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AAI8611355
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identifier
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8611355
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Creator
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KOCH, DOLORES M.
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Date
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1986
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Language
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Spanish
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Literature, Romance
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Abstract
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An extremely brief short story (averaging about 350 words) has become a popular form among writers in Latin America, and particularly in Mexico. Literary critics have so far considered them as anomalies or frivolous and falsely erudite games. At close reading, the possibility of considering this short short story as a subgenre becomes apparent. Repeatedly it shows characteristics of its own, different from those generally accepted for the short story. As in an essay, a thoughtful perspective, sometimes humorous or satiric, closes the story. There is no action plot or developed character. Clear narrative elements, however, mark it as fiction. Frequently it also shows a lyricism that partakes of the prose poem. It is complete and circular in itself, like a sonnet, and so carefully written that it cannot be retold with ease. Its prose is precise and ambivalent, meaning more than what it appears to say. To explain it, therefore, requires many more words than are contained in the story itself. This micro-relato has grown in popularity in Mexico. The present study observes its development during the twentieth century in the works of two Mexican authors, Julio Torri and Juan Jose Arreola, and of Augusto Monterroso, who, though born in Guatemala, has lived in Mexico for many years. For each author there is a literary biography in context, a publications history, and a review of his poetics, themes, and general characteristics. An analysis of his micro-relatos follows, including his different types of micro-relatos as well as their particular narrative strategies. The common factors observed among the micro-relatos of all three authors define it as a subgenre in Latin American literature.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Spanish
