Russian Linguistic Bulletin (Sep 2020)

RETHINKING “ESTAMPA” IN ROLANDO HINOJOSA’S NOVELS

  • Baranova, M.I.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18454/RULB.2020.23.3.12
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2020, no. 3 (23)
pp. 137 – 139

Abstract

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The article dwells upon the formation of “estampa,” which originated as an artistic engraving and evolved into a literary genre in Chicano writings. The paper analyses “estampa” in the novel “Estampas del valle y otras obras” (1973) and its English version “The Valley” (1983) by Rolando Hinojosa, making use of the terms introduced by Juan Benet. A hypothesis that “estampa” should be viewed as a genre is put forward.

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