Genre Originality of Novel by M. Vargas Llosa “Green House”
https://doi.org/10.24224/2227-1295-2021-12-205-220
Abstract
The genre nature of the novel “Green House” by the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa is analyzed in the article. Special attention is paid to three approaches to the definition of the genre: “Green House” as a total novel, as a chivalric novel and as an Indianist novel. Definitions of each genre under consideration are given. The relevance of the study is due to the fact that the prevailing approaches to defining the genre of the “Green House” in contemporary Latin American studies is analyzed in the paper. In the course of the work seven stable characteristics of the total novel are distinguished: a radically realistic author’s intention, a clear structural organization of the text, compositional and semantic unity, the consciousness of the infinity of language, the comprehensiveness of the novel, nonlinearity of narration, and the use of dialogue as a structure-forming device. The question of the presence in the novel “Green House” of signs of a chivalric romance is considered. The results of a comparative analysis of the “Green House” and the Catalan novel “Tyrant White” are presented. A comparison of the structure of the “Green House” and the generalized structure of the Indianist novel is given, the key features of this genre are analyzed. It is concluded that in the case of the “Green House” it is impossible to come to genre definiteness. The authors dwell on the fact that “Green House” is a work of fiction that combines elements of different genres, without any other restrictions in interpretations, except for those directly rejected by the text.
About the Authors
O. K. Voicou
St. Petersburg State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Olga K. Voicou, PhD in Pedagogy, Associate Professor, Researcher ID C-5470-2016
Saint Petersburg
A. P. Zhukov
St. Petersburg State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrey P. Zhukov, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Researcher ID C-3722-2016
Saint Petersburg
B. V. Kovalev
St. Petersburg State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Boris V. Kovalev, research laboratory assistant
Saint Petersburg
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Review
For citations:
Voicou O.K., Zhukov A.P., Kovalev B.V. Genre Originality of Novel by M. Vargas Llosa “Green House”. Nauchnyi dialog. 2021;(12):205-220. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24224/2227-1295-2021-12-205-220
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