The Story of the Storyteller

<i>La tía Julia y el escribidor</i>, <i>Historia de Mayta</i>, and <i>El hablador</i> by Mario Vargas Llosa
Erscheinungsjahr 1995
ISBN: 978-90-5183-846-6
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 145 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 220 mm

Reihe: Portada Hispánica

This book traces the history of an engaging character, a writer, who acts as the narrator and protagonist of three of Vargas Llosa's novels. In La tía Julia y el escribidor he recalls his apprenticeship, in Historia de Mayta he reflects upon the practice of his craft, and in El hablador he ponders the significance of his vocation. That this fictional character closely resembles his flesh-and-blood creator only adds to his allure. Because the three novels in question have such strong structural and thematic links, it proves quite helpful to conceive of them as a trilogy. Indeed, the connections are so pronounced that a significant synergistic effect results from considering the three together. It is this effect that this volume brings light as it analyzes how each novel functions as a separate entity, how these entities are integrated into a greater whole, and how this whole fits into the wider picture of the Peruvian author's long and prolific literary career. As students and scholars alike will find, thinking in terms of a trilogy greatly enhances our understanding and appreciation of Vargas Llosa's rich narrative.

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Bryan-Knight, Jean

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements. 1 Introduction. The Corpus. The Concept. The Trilogy of the Storyteller. 2 Breaking with Narratorial Anonymity: La tía Julia y el escribidor. Vargas Llosa and Narratorial Anonymity. A New Narrative Situation. Dialogism: Autobiography and Soap Operas. Portrait of the Novelist as a Young Man. Moving toward Metafiction. A Self-Begetting Novel. 3 Exploring the Possibilities of Metafiction: Historia de Mayta. Narrative Situations in Chapters 1 through 9. Interaction between the Narrative Situations (chaps. 1-9). Chapter 10: A Self-Effacing Novel. The Writer at Work. Dialogism: Journalism and the Novel. Exploring the Possibilities of Metafiction. 4 The Story of Storytelling: El hablador. Narrative Structure. Orality versus Literacy. Two Perspectives, One Vision. Dialogism: Memoirs and Ethnography. Moving beyond Metafiction. The Meaning of Storytelling. 5 The Trilogy in Context. In the Context of Vargas Llosa's Narrative. In the Context of Vargas Llosa's Ideological Development. In the Context of Postmodern Narrative. Appendices. Bibliography.