The Narrative Art of Mario Vargas Llosa: Two Organizing Principles in Pantaleon y las visitadoras

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Editors' Preface vii
4. "Of how to be and what to see while you are being": The Reader's Performance in The Time of the Hero 3
5. A Small Whirlpool: Narrative Structure in The Green House 15
6. The Sources of The Green House: The Mythical Background of a Fabulous Novel 36
7. Mario Vargas Llosa and Conversation in The Cathedral: The Question of Naturalism 52
8. Conversations and Confessions: Self and Character in The Fall and Conversation in The Cathedral 59
9. The Narrative Art of Mario Vargas Llosa: Two Organizing Principles in Pantaleon y las visitadoras 76
10. Apollo's Metamorphosis in Pantaleón y las visitadoras 88
11. A City Boy 101
12. Vargas Llosa, the Novelist as a Critic 109
13. Mario Vargas Llosa and the Totalization Impulse 120
14. Mario Vargas Llosa: A Labyrinth of Solitude 128
15. Mario Vargas Llosa: The Necessary Scapegoat 136
16. Conversacio'n con Mario Vargas Llosa sobre La tía Julia y el escribidor 152
17. La tía Julia y el escribidor, or the Coded Self-Portrait 166
18. A Mario Vargas Llosa Chronology 182
19. Notes on Contributors 184