Why Don Quijote's Battle Continues in Contemporary Cuban Literature: Tres tristes tigres and El mundo alucinante

Citation

Lange C (2007) Why Don Quijote's Battle Continues in Contemporary Cuban Literature: Tres tristes tigres and El mundo alucinante. Revista de Estudios Hispanicos, 41 (3), pp. 423-440. http://rll.wustl.edu/reh

Abstract
First paragraph: The 1960s was a particularly productive decade for Latin American literature. In those years, Latin American writers produced an astounding number of excellent novels that are marked by their incredible diversity in style and/or content. Despite their variety, however, there are some common characteristics such as the recurrent theme of metafictional concerns, the presence of intertextuality, the rediscovery of parody and the importance of humour. As these elements are also present in Cervantes’s Don Quijote, it is hardly surprising that his work remains of great interest in contemporary Latin American fiction.

Keywords
Reinaldo Arenas; Guillermo Cabrera Infante; Cuban literature; Parody; Arenas, Reinaldo, 1943 Criticism and interpretation; Cabrera Infante, G. (Guillermo), 1929; Spanish American literature History and criticism.; Literature, Comparative Latin American and Spanish; Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616 Don Quixote; Cuban literature 20th century History and criticism

Journal
Revista de Estudios Hispanicos: Volume 41, Issue 3