- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780853238362
- eISBN:
- 9781846313387
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9780853238362.003.0007
- Subject:
- Literature, European Literature
This chapter examines the changes in the aesthetic principles in Juan Goytisolo's novels after Makbara. It analyses some of Goytisolo's major works of the 1980s and1990s, including Las virtudes del ...
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This chapter examines the changes in the aesthetic principles in Juan Goytisolo's novels after Makbara. It analyses some of Goytisolo's major works of the 1980s and1990s, including Las virtudes del pájaro solitario, La cuarentena, and Las semanas del jardín. The analysis indicates that while Goytisolo incorporate new elements, the fundamental concerns remain the same because they are already established points of moral and aesthetic principle at this stage. This chapter also highlights the two broad characteristics of Goytisolo's 1980s and 1990s novels: a pronounced development of the postmodernist nature of the writing and an equally noticeable spiritual turn.Less
This chapter examines the changes in the aesthetic principles in Juan Goytisolo's novels after Makbara. It analyses some of Goytisolo's major works of the 1980s and1990s, including Las virtudes del pájaro solitario, La cuarentena, and Las semanas del jardín. The analysis indicates that while Goytisolo incorporate new elements, the fundamental concerns remain the same because they are already established points of moral and aesthetic principle at this stage. This chapter also highlights the two broad characteristics of Goytisolo's 1980s and 1990s novels: a pronounced development of the postmodernist nature of the writing and an equally noticeable spiritual turn.
