Contemporary Basque Fiction

Contemporary Basque Fiction PDF Author: Jesús María Lasagabáster Madinabeitia
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Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 120

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Contemporary Basque Fiction

Contemporary Basque Fiction PDF Author: Jesús María Lasagabáster Madinabeitia
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Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 120

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An Anthology of Basque Short Stories

An Anthology of Basque Short Stories PDF Author: Mari Jose Olaziregi
Publisher: Center for Basque Studies Press
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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This compilation of short stories from fourteen contemporary Basque writers provides an excellent introduction to modern Basque literature. The works were translated directly from Basque into English. Includes stories by Bernardo Atxaga, Lourdes Oñederra, Iban Zaldua, among others.

Contemporary Basque Detective and Crime Fiction

Contemporary Basque Detective and Crime Fiction PDF Author: José Manuel Lopez Gaseni
Publisher: Center for Basque Studies Press
ISBN: 9781949805789
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The study of Basque crime and detective fiction in that of any other culture implies addressing a supposedly peripheral genre which has nonetheless been remarkably vibrant throughout its history. This volume surveys the broader history of the genre and concludes by exploring the emergence of crime fiction in the Basque Country.

Special Issue: New Worlds of Fiction: Contemporary Basque Women Writers

Special Issue: New Worlds of Fiction: Contemporary Basque Women Writers PDF Author: Cristina Ortiz
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Strange Language

Strange Language PDF Author: Mari Jose Olaziregi
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ISBN: 9781905762170
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A compilation of short stories from fourteen contemporary Basque writers, this work provides an introduction to modern Basque literature. It includes stories by Bernardo Atxaga, Lourdes Onederra, and Iban Zaldua, among others. First published in 2004 by the Centre for Basque Studies.

Contemporary Basque Literature

Contemporary Basque Literature PDF Author: Jon Kortazar
Publisher: Center for Basque Studies UV of Nevada, Reno
ISBN: 9781935709541
Category : Basque literature
Languages : en
Pages : 408

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Contemporary Basque Literature, edited by Jon Kortazar, brings together experts in the field to address six dimensions of the Basque literary system from 1975 to 2013: the novel, poetry, short story, children's and young adult literature, dramatic literature, and the essay. This is an innovative work about a literary system: a structure of interacting components, from writers and the themes they explore in the works they create to the edifice of publishing houses, journals, and magazines that publish, market, and distribute them, the critics and university professors that review them, and the people who read them. These products may be novels, books of short stories, poetry collections, comic books, picture books, theatrical productions, or essays. The text also addresses key related issues that are essential to understanding the multifaceted Basque literary system. These include the revival of the Basque language, so long subdued by the Franco regime, the establishment of a specifically Basque educational and media structure after 1975, and the importance of translation.

Introduction to a Postnational History of Contemporary Basque Literature (1978-2000)

Introduction to a Postnational History of Contemporary Basque Literature (1978-2000) PDF Author: Joseba Gabilondo
Publisher: Tamesis Books
ISBN: 9781855663329
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A sophisticated introduction to contemporary Basque literature that chronicles its growth and success after the death of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco. By developing a new theory of postnationalism about the relationship between minor and major literatures, this book chronicles the growth and success of Basque literature after the death of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco (1975), and the historical and literary struggles that took place in its aftermath in order to achieve global recognition: the reduction of Basque literature to a representation of an exotic and magic place and people (the Basque Country), best exemplified by Bernardo Atxaga's novel Obabakoak (1988). The book also deploys postnationalist theory in order to chronicle the way in which women's literature challenged and changed this model in the 1990s and paved the way for what is now a complex and diverse literature. JOSEBA GABILONDO is an Associate Professor in the Department of Romance and Classical Studies, Michigan State University.

Waking the Hedgehog

Waking the Hedgehog PDF Author: Mari Jose Olaziregi
Publisher: Center for Basque Studies Press
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 364

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"This analysis of the writings of Bernardo Atxaga is inspired by his image of the Basque language as a hedgehog that has "survived ... by withdrawing," but that has now emerged - preeminently in the work of this most international of Basque authors." "Following the trail of the hedgehog reveals the riches of contemporary Basque literature and Atxaga's central position in the Basque literary world. The book explores the enthusiastic global reception of Atxaga's fiction - in particular Obabakoak, which has been translated into twenty-six languages - but also his short stories, drama, poetry, and writings for children and young people. It focuses on the preeminence of the fantastic in Atxaga's work, the experimental style of his hybrid poetic texts, and the "heterotopias" of his realist novels."--BOOK JACKET.

Amerikanuak

Amerikanuak PDF Author: William A. Douglass
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
ISBN: 0874176751
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 514

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This work, by William Douglass (who helped initiate the Basque Studies Program at the University of Nevada, Reno) and Jon Bilbao (author of several Basque reference works), is the most accessible overview of the Basque diaspora in the Western Hemisphere. Amerikanuak is a pioneering study of one of the American West’s most important ethnic minorities, an engaging, comprehensive survey of Basque migration and settlement in the Americas, and an essential introduction to the history of the Basque people and their five centuries of involvement in the New World. Research for the book took the authors through ten states of the American West, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela as they traced the exploits of Basque whalers in the medieval Atlantic, the Basque conquistadors, missionaries, colonists, and sheepherders who formed a dramatic part of the history of Spanish America. They also follow the story of the Basques back to their mysterious origins in prehistory to provide background for understanding the Basques’ character and their homeland in the Pyrenean mountains and seacoasts between France and Spain. This is a revised and updated edition of the original 1975 publication. New preface by William A. Douglass.

Before Babel

Before Babel PDF Author: Joseba Gabilondo
Publisher: Barbaroak
ISBN: 1530868327
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 298

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Before Babel: A History of Basque Literatures is the first book written originally in English and directed towards a global audience. It is also a new departure from traditional literary histories, as it is not a philological tedious classification of centuries, authors, genres, and books published in Basque. This book addresses the historical conflict and violence that define Basque history and culture, and so it defines Basque literary history as that of at least two literatures: one expressed by Basque subaltern (oppressed) classes in their language, euskara, which mainly constitutes an oral tradition, and the other written by Basque elites in Spanish, Latin, French, etc. The book emphasizes that this double literature remains at the core of the Basque Country’s history and culture to our days. Even today Basque literature in euskara (Basque language) plays a symbolic role: to represent a Basque Country where the majority speaks and writes in other state languages. Euskara, used by a minority, remains subordinate. In this respect, this book is a departure from previous Basque literary histories; it redefines Spanish and French literatures, advances a new theory of what a minority literature is, and pays attention to texts, disciplines, and practices that traditional histories neglect: political discourse, anthropology, tourism, economics. This history also represents a review of most literary historical discourses (new historicism, postcolonial theory, multiculturalism, subaltern studies) and presents a new methodological and theoretical proposal. Finally, this history allows to revisit under a new light political and historical movements such as nationalism, feminism, modernity, and globalization. As a result, different authors such as Sabino Arana, Judah Halevi, Maddalen Lujambio, Axular, Hugo, Unamuno, Itxaro Borda or Oteiza are brought together.