The testimonial as a literary genre or from sense to sensibility

(a chapter in political poetics)

Authors

  • Jorge Urrutia Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/2183-847X_10_37

Keywords:

testimonials, function of literature, literary subject

Abstract

After the Cuban Revolution, numerous testimonial books emerged in Hispanic America. Shortly after other countries also saw the appearance of testimonial texts. This is understandable given the development of literature. However, this new form of testimonial writing questions the mode and the function of literature.

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Published

2020-09-28

Issue

Vol. 10 (2020): As palavras (in)visíveis. Estudos para Carlos Reis

Section

Secção Temática

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