Literature Class, Berkeley 1980 - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:New Directions Publishing CorporationISBN-13:9780811225342ISBN-10:811225348UPC:9780811225342Book Category:Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Comparative Literature, Literary Figures, WritingSize:7.90 x 5.30 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.7Product ID:SCEQC5SA9P
"I want you to know that I'm not a critic or theorist, which means that in my work I look for solutions as problems arise." So begins the first of eight classes that the great Argentine writer Julio Cortázar delivered at UC Berkeley in 1980. These "classes" are as much reflections on Cortázar's own writing career as they are about literature and the historical moment in which he lived. Covering such topics as "the writer's path" ("while my aesthetic world view made me admire writers like Borges, I was able to open my eyes to the language of street slang, lunfardo...") and "the fantastic" ("unbeknownst to me, the fantastic had become as acceptable, as possible and real, as the fact of eating soup at eight o'clock in the evening"), Literature Class provides the warm and personal experience of sitting in a room with the great author. As Joaquin Marco stated in El Cultural, "exploring this course is to dive into Cortázar designing his own creations.... Essential for anyone reading or studying Cortázar, cronopio or not!"
Languages:EnglishPublisher:New Directions Publishing CorporationISBN-13:9780811225342ISBN-10:811225348UPC:9780811225342Book Category:Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Comparative Literature, Literary Figures, WritingSize:7.90 x 5.30 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.7Product ID:SCEQC5SA9P
Cortazar, Julio: - Julio Cortazar (1914-1984), Argentine novelist, poet, essayist, and short-story writer, was born in Brussels, and moved permanently to France in 1951. Cortazar is now recognized as one of the century's major experimental writers, reflecting the influence of French surrealism, psychoanalysis, and his love of both photography and jazz, along with his strong commitment to revolutionary Latin American politics.Cortázar, Julio: - Julio Cortázar (1914-1984), Argentine novelist, poet, essayist, and short-story writer, was born in Brussels, and moved permanently to France in 1951. Cortazar is now recognized as one of the century's major experimental writers, reflecting the influence of French surrealism, psychoanalysis, and his love of both photography and jazz, along with his strong commitment to revolutionary Latin American politics.Silver, Katherine: - Katherine Silver's award-winning translations include works by María Sonia Cristoff, Daniel Sada, César Aira, Julio Cortázar, Juan Carlos Onetti, and Julio Ramón Ribeyro. The author of Echo Under Story, she does volunteer interpreting for asylum seekers.
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