Exoticism or pop-culture? Paratexts of translations of the most recent crime story from Latin America Cover Image

Egzotyka czy popkultura? Parateksty przekładów najnowszej powieści kryminalnej z Ameryki Łacińskiej
Exoticism or pop-culture? Paratexts of translations of the most recent crime story from Latin America

Author(s): Adriana Sara Jastrzębska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: crime fiction; Latin American novel; pop culture; recent literature

Summary/Abstract: By analyzing publishing paratexts of the translations of selected novels belonging to the mainstream called neopolicial latinoamericano, the article draws attention to the change in the reception of Latin American literature in Poland that has occurred in recent years and shows its various relations to the literary tradition of the boom and to the pop culture.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 231-242
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish