Science, Literature, and Film in the Hispanic World

Driven by such diverse advances as the Human Genome Project and the explosion of the World Wide Web, and also by the threat of human-inspired disasters such as global warming, the field of science and literature studies is currently undergoing an unprecedented expansion. The relations between science and literature have been and continue to be central to understanding Hispanic civilization and culture. In spite of this, Science, Literature, and Film in the Spanish-Speaking World is the first and only book to treat this new and dynamic field from an Hispanic perspective. This unique volume opens the door to an entirely new focus in the study of Hispanic literature and culture. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv An Introduction to Sciencepoetry: A New Beginning....Pages 1-10 Three Theories, Three Writers, One Idea: Science and the Nation in the Brazilian Literature of Joaquim de Souzândrade, Euclides da Cunha, and Augusto dos Anjos....Pages 11-27 The Aura of Science in Fantastic Tales by Leopoldo Lugones, Macedonio Fernández, Adolfo Bioy Casares, and Jorge Luis Borges....Pages 29-48 Jorge Luis Borges and Early Quantum Labyrinths....Pages 49-73 Carlos Fuentes’s Evolution Toward Ecological Awareness in His Essays and Narratives....Pages 75-85 Life Signs: Ricardo Piglia’s Cyborgs....Pages 87-107 On Science and Mexican Nationalism: The Politics of Identity in Jorge Volpi’s In Search of Klingsor....Pages 109-128 Disease as a Dis/Organizing Principle in Nineteenth-Century Spain: Benito Pérez Galdós, Leopoldo Alas, and Emilia Pardo Bazán....Pages 129-149 Ido del Sagrario’s Alimentary Madness....Pages 151-173 Pío Baroja’s Parascientific Epistemology....Pages 175-191 “Aquel Madrid”: Science, Literature, and Art in the Edad de Plata....Pages 193-219 Representations of Humans and Technology: The Construction of Identity in Miguel Bardem, Pedro Almodóvar, and Alejandro Amenábar....Pages 221-243 Back Matter....Pages 244-250 This is the first book to treat the relationship between science and literature from a Hispanic perspective.