Space, Time, Memory : Magical Realism and Postcolonialism in Hugo Loetscher’s Prose

ABSTRACT: Since the publication of Gabriel García Márquez’ "Cien años de soledad" ("One hundred Years of Solitude") in 1967, Magical Realism has been a style of writing that has aroused great interest both among literary critics and the readership and has been mostly perceived, f...

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Author: Hernández González, María Isabel
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Publication Date:2020
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Institution:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
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spelling Space, Time, Memory : Magical Realism and Postcolonialism in Hugo Loetscher’s ProseHernández González, María Isabel821.112.2(494)Loetscher, Hugo1obr.07Filología alemanaLiteraturaProsaEscritores6202 Teoría, Análisis y Crítica LiterariasABSTRACT: Since the publication of Gabriel García Márquez’ "Cien años de soledad" ("One hundred Years of Solitude") in 1967, Magical Realism has been a style of writing that has aroused great interest both among literary critics and the readership and has been mostly perceived, firstly, as a purely Latin American phenomenon without an equivalent in any other literary tradition, and secondly, as a postcolonial counter-discourse to allegedly typical European rationality. However, the novels of the Swiss writer Hugo Loetscher serve as a perfect riposte to that claims, since Loetscher developed Magical Realism into a powerful creative device for fiction as well as journalism. Thus, Loetscher’s work demonstrates that Magical Realism has transcended the Latin American space and has to be conceived of as a globally acting genre, and as such, it is a characteristic example of World Literature.J.B. Metzler, imprint published by the registered company Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer NatureSturm-Trigonakis, ElkeKatsanikou, VasilikiUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20202020-01-0120202020-01-01book parthttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_3248VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPartapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/121676reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/1216762026-06-02T12:44:21Z
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title Space, Time, Memory : Magical Realism and Postcolonialism in Hugo Loetscher’s Prose
spellingShingle Space, Time, Memory : Magical Realism and Postcolonialism in Hugo Loetscher’s Prose
Hernández González, María Isabel
821.112.2(494)Loetscher, Hugo1obr.07
Filología alemana
Literatura
Prosa
Escritores
6202 Teoría, Análisis y Crítica Literarias
title_short Space, Time, Memory : Magical Realism and Postcolonialism in Hugo Loetscher’s Prose
title_full Space, Time, Memory : Magical Realism and Postcolonialism in Hugo Loetscher’s Prose
title_fullStr Space, Time, Memory : Magical Realism and Postcolonialism in Hugo Loetscher’s Prose
title_full_unstemmed Space, Time, Memory : Magical Realism and Postcolonialism in Hugo Loetscher’s Prose
title_sort Space, Time, Memory : Magical Realism and Postcolonialism in Hugo Loetscher’s Prose
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Hernández González, María Isabel
author Hernández González, María Isabel
author_facet Hernández González, María Isabel
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Sturm-Trigonakis, Elke
Katsanikou, Vasiliki
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 821.112.2(494)Loetscher, Hugo1obr.07
Filología alemana
Literatura
Prosa
Escritores
6202 Teoría, Análisis y Crítica Literarias
topic 821.112.2(494)Loetscher, Hugo1obr.07
Filología alemana
Literatura
Prosa
Escritores
6202 Teoría, Análisis y Crítica Literarias
description ABSTRACT: Since the publication of Gabriel García Márquez’ "Cien años de soledad" ("One hundred Years of Solitude") in 1967, Magical Realism has been a style of writing that has aroused great interest both among literary critics and the readership and has been mostly perceived, firstly, as a purely Latin American phenomenon without an equivalent in any other literary tradition, and secondly, as a postcolonial counter-discourse to allegedly typical European rationality. However, the novels of the Swiss writer Hugo Loetscher serve as a perfect riposte to that claims, since Loetscher developed Magical Realism into a powerful creative device for fiction as well as journalism. Thus, Loetscher’s work demonstrates that Magical Realism has transcended the Latin American space and has to be conceived of as a globally acting genre, and as such, it is a characteristic example of World Literature.
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