Inverse Stories. Childhood and Closure in Contemporary Spanish Fictions
What happens when a story begins with an extreme scene such as the death of a boy or girl? How is this event discoursively framed? In what way does the initial event shape a unique configuration of the plot? This study explores contemporary Spanish novels that feature this narrative structure, which...
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Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Humandiades. Instituto de Letras
2024
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/clt/article/view/7813 |
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| Sumario: | What happens when a story begins with an extreme scene such as the death of a boy or girl? How is this event discoursively framed? In what way does the initial event shape a unique configuration of the plot? This study explores contemporary Spanish novels that feature this narrative structure, which we refer to as “inverse stories”. The article: 1) characterize these stories within the context of the relationships between literature and childhood and 2) analyze specific examples that illustrate this distinctive narrative approach. |
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