Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Version of Record
Publication Date
8-2014
Keywords
Martín Adán, Peruvian Literature 20th Century, Parody, Adolescence, Literary classification
Abstract
While critics of La casa de cartón have all considered Martín Adán’s only novel within the cosmopolitan vein of Spanish American vanguardismo, the present study questions this classification by showing how the narrative’s nameless protagonist distances himself from not only 19th century tropes and discourses that had characterized literary production, but also from those of his contemporaries. An exploration of Adán’s multiple parodies of literary production in Spanish America, as well as the alternative for collective cultural expression embodied in the trope of adolescence, points to the need to reconsider how we, as critics, approach and, ultimately, organize the canon.
Publication Title
Delaware Review of Latin American Studies
Volume
15
Issue
1
Type
text
Format
application/pdf
Language
en
Publisher
University of Delaware
Rights
© 2014 the Author
Recommended Citation
Spitz, Maria, "A “Clearing in the Jungle:”Adolescence in Martín Adán’s La casa de cartón."" (2014). School of American and Global Studies Faculty Publications with a Focus on Modern Languages and Global Studies. 30.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/mlgs_pubs/30
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