“El duro arte de la reducción de cabezas”: ruptura y continuidad en la literatura ecuatoriana contemporánea

This article analyzes moment of rupture in the cultural history of Ecuador (especially in narrative), during the 1960s. The debates and subjects not only illustrate the limits of the indigenist novel, by which Ecuadorian Literature was and is well-known, but also the relationship between the narrati...

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Autor principal: Arcos Cabrera, Carlos
Formato: Revistas
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador 2006
Acceso en línea:https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/159
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Sumario:This article analyzes moment of rupture in the cultural history of Ecuador (especially in narrative), during the 1960s. The debates and subjects not only illustrate the limits of the indigenist novel, by which Ecuadorian Literature was and is well-known, but also the relationship between the narrative and the specific characteristics of Ecuadorian society and culture.