Archival reflections : postmodern fiction of the Americas (self-reflexivity, historical revisionism, utopia)

Archival Reflections Explores The Works Of Critically Acclaimed Contemporary New World Writers - Carlos Fuentes (mexico), Julio Cortazar (argentina), Ishmael Reed, And E.l. Doctorow (united States) - From Two Innovative Perspectives: The New Historical Novel Of Recent Decades And The Current Postmodernist Debate. Due To Its Scope And Perspective This Work Has A Relevance That Extends Far Beyond The Conventional Bounds Of Literary Studies. Concerned As It Is With Issues Of Historical Understanding, Culture, And Politics, It Has Implications For The Literary Histories Of Spanish America And The United States, As Well As For The Fields Of Inter-american And Cultural Studies, Literary Theory, And Historiography.--jacket. Introduction: Prospects For An Inter-american Approach To Postmodern Fiction -- 1. Historiographic Metafiction In The Context Of Postmodernism Theory -- 2. Heretical History: Carlos Fuentes's Theater Of Memory -- 3. Displacing The Official Record: Ishmael Reed's Reinvention Of Western History And Myth -- 4. Between Political Commitment And Epistemological Skepticism: Julio Cortazar And E.l. Doctorow -- 5. Toward A Pedagogical Political Culture: Historical Revisionism, Fiction, And Resistance In The Americas. Santiago Juan-navarro. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 336-354) And Index. "Archival Reflections explores the works of critically acclaimed contemporary New World writers - Carlos Fuentes (Mexico), Julio Cortazar (Argentina), Ishmael Reed, and E. L. Doctorow (United States) - from two innovative perspectives: the new historical novel of recent decades and the current postmodernist debate.". "Due to its scope and perspective this work has a relevance that extends far beyond the conventional bounds of literary studies. Concerned as it is with issues of historical understanding, culture, and politics, it has implications for the literary histories of Spanish America and the United States, as well as for the fields of inter-American and cultural studies, literary theory, and historiography."--BOOK JACKET.