Skip Navigation

Forum for Modern Language Studies 2002 38(1):88-98; doi:10.1093/fmls/38.1.88
© 2002 by Court of the University of St Andrews
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Bowsher, K.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Shipwrecks of Modernity: Abel Posse's El Largo Atardecer del Caminante

Kerstin Bowsher1

1 Jesus College, University of Oxford, Oxford Ox1 3DW, United Kingdom

This article argues that Abel Posse's novel El largo atardecer del caminante constructs a postcolonial critique of the idea of Modernity as liberating project. Drawing on work by Enrique Dussel, Eduardo Galeano, and Michel de Certeau, I explore Posse's characterisation and subsequent rejection of Modernity, particularly its root in colonial ideology and links with historical discourse. I also highlight a common concern of these authors to inscribe and vindicate silenced protagonists of Latin American history.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.