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Kressner, Ilka, 1975-

Sites of disquiet : the non-space in Spanish American short narratives and their cinematic transformations / Ilka Kressner. - 1 online resource (187 pages) : illustrations - Purdue studies in Romance literatures ; volume 58 . - Purdue studies in Romance literatures ; v. 58. .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: Spotting the non-space -- Into spatial vagueness: Jorge Luis Borges's and Miguel Picazo's Hombre de la esquina Rosada -- The power of staging: spaces of emulation in Jorge Luis Borges's "Tema del traidor y del heroe" and Bernardo Bertolucci's Strategia del ragno -- Screening the void: Julio Cortazar's "cartas de mama" and Manuel Antin's and Miguel Picazo's filmic translations -- Echoes in the dark: Pedro Paramo on the page and on the screen -- Toward amor vacui: Gabriel Garcia Marquez's and Ruy Guerra's erendiras -- Epilogue: The non-space revisited.

9781612492872 (e-book)


Spanish American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Spanish American literature--Film adaptations.
Personal space in literature.
Space and time in literature.
Sacred space in literature.
Space (Architecture) in literature.


Electronic books.

PQ7082.N7 / K68 2013

863/.60998
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