Rubem Fonseca and Noir Literature
Rubem Fonseca is considered a key author in the introduction of crime fiction in Brazil. This article reviews his contribution to the genre and analyzes the specifics of his narrative in the context of Brazilian literature, in which Fonseca breaks from and exceeds the traditional dichotomies between...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Catalan |
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Universitat de Barcelona
2014-10-01
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| Series: | Abriu: Estudos de Textualidade do Brasil, Galicia e Portugal |
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| Online Access: | http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/Abriu/article/view/10933 |
| Summary: | Rubem Fonseca is considered a key author in the introduction of crime fiction in Brazil. This article reviews his contribution to the genre and analyzes the specifics of his narrative in the context of Brazilian literature, in which Fonseca breaks from and exceeds the traditional dichotomies between high and popular literature. Fonseca becomes part of the distinct tradition of crime fiction, which he reinterprets differently in his short stories by giving voice to the marginalized, and in his novels by incorporating elements of hardboiled, noir fiction, and even whodunit. The character of Mandrake is situated in a context that increasingly includes paraliterary concerns. |
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| ISSN: | 2014-8526 2014-8534 |