Explains how stylistic and linguistic choices made by the translator can have a profound effect on how literary works are perceived by readers unfamiliar with a foreign language. They also point out ways in which the act of translation is critical to the discipline of comparativ…
The Posthumous memoirs of Brás Cubas -- The psychiatrist -- Quincas Borba -- Dom Casmurro -- Esau and Jacob -- Counselor Ayres Memorial -- Conclusion.
This book makes the argument that Machado de Assis, hailed as one of Latin American literature's greatest writers, was also a major theoretician of the modern novel form. Steeped in the works of Western literature and an imaginative reader of French Symbolist poetry, Machado cre…
This book argues that poststructuralism offers important and revealing insights into all aspects of Lispector's writing.
The protagonists of the novels and stories of Clarice Lispector exemplify and humanise many of the issues central to poststructuralist thought. This work demonstrates that poststructuralism offers insights into all aspects of Lispector's writing.