{"product_id":"journeys-of-formation-the-spanish-american-bildungsroman-9781433108822","title":"Journeys of Formation: The Spanish American \"Bildungsroman\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tamara Alvarez-Detrell | Michael G. Paulson | Yolanda A. Doub\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - Spanish \u0026amp; Portuguese\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIdeal for students of modern Latin American literature, \u003ci\u003eJourneys of Formation: The Spanish American 'Bildungsroman'\u003c\/i\u003e offers a lucid introduction to the \u003ci\u003eBildungsroman\u003c\/i\u003e as a genre before revealing how the journey motif works as both a plot-forming device and as a means of characterization in several of the most canonical Spanish American \u003ci\u003eBildungsromane\u003c\/i\u003e. In the process, the author demonstrates the overlooked importance of the travel motif in this genre. Although present in the vast majority of \u003ci\u003eBildungsromane\u003c\/i\u003e, if the journey is discussed at all by critics it tends to be in superficial terms. The author contends that no discussion of the Spanish American novel of formation would be complete without an exploration of travel. Yolanda A. Doub articulates the role of travel as a catalyst in the formation process of young male and female protagonists by examining in detail six representative novels from three different countries and time periods - from Argentina: Ricardo Güiraldes's \u003ci\u003eDon Segundo Sombra\u003c\/i\u003e (1926) and Roberto Arlt's \u003ci\u003eEl juguete rabioso\u003c\/i\u003e (1926); from Peru: José María Arguedas's \u003ci\u003eLos ríos profundos\u003c\/i\u003e (1958) and Julio Ramón Ribeyro's \u003ci\u003eCrónica de San Gabriel\u003c\/i\u003e (1960); and from Mexico: Rosario Castellanos's \u003ci\u003eBalún Canán\u003c\/i\u003e (1957) and Elena Poniatowska's \u003ci\u003eLa Flor de Lis\u003c\/i\u003e (1988).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47607261266071,"sku":"9781433108822","price":7172.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781433108822.webp?v=1775046048","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/journeys-of-formation-the-spanish-american-bildungsroman-9781433108822","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}