Abstract

VARGAS, Wálter I.. The novel's swangson? Situation of the novel along the XXth century second half. Rev Cien Cult [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.33, pp.81-103. ISSN 2077-3323.

This article intends an assessment of the situation of the novel throughout the XXth century second half, considering different critical statements sustaining the end of the novel as a gender. As for this purpose, the author reviews this assumption over Marxist and sociology perspectives, then he describes the statements of the novelists themselves to continue with the presentation of three proposals that critically and practically positioned for the renovation of the gender: the latinamerican novel, the Geography of the novel (1993) by Carlos Fuentes and Milan Kundera's The Art of the Novel (1986). Finally, the author sums up with his own views on the problem as a novel reader.

Keywords : Novel as a gender; novel's crisis; theory of the novel; sociology of the novel.

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