Secrets, Confusions, Narrators, and Spaces: Reflections on the Short Novel The Chase and on the Theses of Ricardo Piglia

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https://doi.org/10.24029/lejana.2020.13.433

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Ricardo Piglia, Alejo Carpentier, The Chase, short story, novella

Abstract

The present article takes three texts of theoretical nature by Ricardo Piglia on the genre of the short story and the novella as its basis, in order to apply his affirmations to the observation of a literary work, The Chase of Alejo Carpentier, aiming to see the limitations and the benefits of Piglia’s thesis. The Chase, interpreted here as a novella, is then briefly compared with other Carpenterian works, short stories and a novel, to see how solid the limits are which have been drawn based on Piglia’s ideas with the occasional addition ensuing from contrasting the theses with the literary work.

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2020-02-19

How to Cite

Kürthy, Ádám A. “Secrets, Confusions, Narrators, and Spaces: Reflections on the Short Novel The Chase and on the Theses of Ricardo Piglia”. Lejana. Revista Crítica De Narrativa Breve, no. 13, Feb. 2020, pp. 90-100, doi:10.24029/lejana.2020.13.433.

Issue

No. 13 (2020): Número monográfico "La novela corta revisitada" (editado por Margit Santosné Blastik y Kamilla Tóth)

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Los secretos de Piglia: obras analizadas en clave de su ideario

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