Aesthetic distance, literature within literature, and new Spanish American narrative

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Wilfredo Corral

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This article revises the concept of «literature within literature» in terms of the narrative of Spanish American writers during the last fifteen years, employing «aesthetic distance» as a solution to the problem of influence and adoption. Fourteen characteristics are proposed and examined in «three exemplary novels», an allusion to a description of novels from the twenties that redefined twentieth century narrative.

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Wilfredo Corral, California State University (Estados Unidos)

California State University, Sacramento
corralwh@csus.edu