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Genre in the Works of Benjamín Jarnés: "el género intermedio".
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Abstract:
This dissertation examines the concept of the "género intermedio" in the work of the Spanish author Benjamín Jarnés. Generally associated with the experimental prose of the 1920s and early 1930’s, Jarnés in fact published a vast body of writings in a broad range of genres from 1917 through 1948. Yet even within this context of innovation, critics and scholars have consistently found it necessary to identify a particularly Jarnesian genre termed the género intermedio. Despite the persistence of this category, however, it has not been defined or analyzed in depth. Building on the few brief studies on the género intermedio, this dissertation further explores the concept by examining three texts that critics have placed in this category. Drawing on a view of genre not as a prescriptive set of textual rules but as a range of discursive functions that intersect and diverge within a given work, my approach examines the use of both traditional literary models of genre and non-literary strategies such as rhetorical modes, paratextual apparatuses, and models of interaction adopted by characters. In addition to providing a detailed examination of how the género intermedio functions, this dissertation expands the current understanding of Jarnés’ work to include the range of genres and phases in his production, with a particular emphasis on three of his later texts: Teoría del zumbel (1931), Libro de Esther (1935), and La novia del viento (1940). ; PHD ; Romance Languages & Literatures: Spanish ; University of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies ; http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/96149/1/slwatts_1.pdf
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Keyword:
20th Century Spanish Literature; BenjamíN JarnéS; GéNero Intermedio; Genre; Humanities; Romance Languages and Literature; Spanish Vanguard Literature
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URL: https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/96149
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