The crónica, or chronicle, which crosses the boundaries between fiction and nonfiction, literature and journalism, is a highly polemical and widely read form of writing in Mexico and throughout Latin America, where it plays an influential cultural, social, and historical role. For the first time, this book addresses the theory and practice of the chronicle in twentieth-century Mexico. Contributions by Mexican writers such as Carlos Monsiváis and Elena Poniatowska and essays on a wide range of texts and authors provide diverse perspectives on the chronicle as a literary genre and as a cultural and social practice.
| ISBN: | 9780791453544 |
| Publication date: | 18th July 2002 |
| Author: | Ignacio Corona, Beth E Jörgensen |
| Publisher: | SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Series: | SUNY Series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture |
| Genres: |
Literary theory Semiotics / semiology History of the Americas Literature: history and criticism |