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In this brilliant overview of parodic praxis in the Spanish-American novel during the years 1960-1985, Elzbieta SkPlodowska examines several aspects of parody: its role in the renovation of anachronistic forms of discourse (mock-epic) and the re-writing of the canon of the historical novel; its function in transgressing literary formulas (detective novel); its subversive quality in the counter-discourse of women writers; and the relation between parody, satire, irony, humor, and metafiction. This sound analysis of some twenty-five novels, carefully illustrated by works little treated in critic

Spanish American fiction --- Parody. --- Fiction --- Fiction writing --- Metafiction --- Writing, Fiction --- Authorship --- Comic literature --- Literature, Comic --- Travesty --- Satire --- Burlesque (Literature) --- Caricature --- History and criticism. --- Technique. --- Parody --- Roman --- Parodie --- Roman hispano-américain --- Technique --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- Spanish-American literature --- anno 1900-1999 --- 20th century --- Spanish American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism. --- Fiction - Technique. --- PARODIE (GENRE LITTERAIRE) --- ROMAN HISPANO-AMERICAIN --- 20E SIECLE