{"product_id":"developments","title":"Developments","description":"\u003ci\u003eDevelopments: Encounters of Formation in the Latin American and Hispanic\/Latino Bildungsroman,\u003c\/i\u003e a notable contribution for students and scholars of Latin American, Brazilian, Hispanic and Latino literature, explores a significant but overlooked area in the literary production of the twentieth century: the connections between development and the narrative of formation after World War II. Recognizing development as a discursive construction that shapes significantly modern national identity in Latin America, Alejandro Latinez argues that its ideals and narrative relate to the Bildungsroman genre – the narrative of formation or development. The study presents a historical background of similar ideals of development in Latin America as well as reflects on a seminal philosophical interplay about youth and modern national identity between the Mexican authors Samuel Ramos and Octavio Paz. Furthermore, it examines Mario Vargas Llosa’s 1963 \u003ci\u003eLa ciudad y los perros,\u003c\/i\u003e José Lezama Lima’s 1966 \u003ci\u003eParadiso,\u003c\/i\u003e a selection from Clarice Lispector’s 1960 and 1964 short narratives, and Elena Poniatowska’s 1971 testimony \u003ci\u003eLa noche de Tlatelolco.\u003c\/i\u003e The narrative experience in the United States is analyzed in Sandra Cisnero’s 1984 \u003ci\u003eThe House on Mango Street\u003c\/i\u003e and Esmeralda Santiago’s 1993 \u003ci\u003eWhen I Was Puerto Rican.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54248453472600,"sku":"9781433119415","price":73.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781433119415_e3645959-c889-4d18-9ef4-62d1dc19ca32.jpg?v=1778628627","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/developments","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}