Fiction and history in the Dominican Republic: tensions of Trujillian literature in contemporary literature

Authors

  • Adriana Aparecida de Figueiredo Fiuza Uni­versidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/cadletrasuff.2012n45a466

Keywords:

Literature, History, Hispanic-American Literature, novel of trujillate.

Abstract

The article briefly examines four works considered fundamental for the understanding of the trujillate's novel in Hispanic America, a literary phenomenon that arises from the historical occurrence of the dictatorship of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo in the Dominican Republic. These narratives are based on the fictionalization of the historical period, revealing the problems imposed by the trujillian dictatorship.

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Author Biography

Adriana Aparecida de Figueiredo Fiuza, Uni­versidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná

Doutora em Letras, professora adjunta na área de Espanhol do Colegiado de Letras da UNIOESTE – Uni­versidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná. Possui Graduação em Letras Portu­guês/Espanhol, Mestrado e Doutorado em Letras pela UNESP/ Campus de Assis. Durante o Doutorado, realizou estágio no Departamento de Filologia Espanhola da Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. É membro dos grupos de pesquisas Narrativas Estrangeiras Modernas da UNESP/ Campus de Assis-SP e Confluências da ficção, história e memória na literatura da UNIOESTE/ Campus de Cascavel-PR. Atua principalmente nas áreas de Literatura Espa­nhola e Hispano-americana Contemporâneas; Literatura, História e Memória.

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Published

2012-12-30

How to Cite

FIUZA, A. A. DE F. Fiction and history in the Dominican Republic: tensions of Trujillian literature in contemporary literature. Caderno de Letras da UFF, v. 22, n. 45, 30 Dec. 2012.

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 45 (2012): Central America and the Caribean: multiple viewpoints

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