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Main Author: Michael Arthur Lucas
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Universidad del Bío Bío 2005
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Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=29914208
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contents “Gaspar Ruiz” by Joseph Conrad: a Flawed Tale Michael Arthur Lucas Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) Chile Conrad narrative potboiler This year is the centenary of Joseph Conrad’s writing of “Gaspar Ruiz”, a story set in Chile at the time of LaGuerra a Muerte. The story is a by-product of Conrad’s researches for the writing of his great novel, Nostromo.In my essay on the short story “The Brute” (Lucas 2004), I call “Gaspar Ruiz” “a potboiler if ever there wasone”. This essay is an attempt to justify this harsh evaluation through an analysis of Conrad’s sources, hismixing of historical fact and fiction, the structure and the narrative strategies he employs, and the inconsistenciesin his portrayal of characters. 2005 artículo científico 0717-196X https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=29914208 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=299 Theoria application/pdf Universidad del Bío Bío Theoria (Chile) Num.2 Vol.14
format Artículo científico
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publishDate 2005
publisher Universidad del Bío Bío
spellingShingle “Gaspar Ruiz” by Joseph Conrad: a Flawed Tale
Michael Arthur Lucas
Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales)
Chile
Conrad
narrative
potboiler
“Gaspar Ruiz” by Joseph Conrad: a Flawed Tale Michael Arthur Lucas Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) Chile Conrad narrative potboiler This year is the centenary of Joseph Conrad’s writing of “Gaspar Ruiz”, a story set in Chile at the time of LaGuerra a Muerte. The story is a by-product of Conrad’s researches for the writing of his great novel, Nostromo.In my essay on the short story “The Brute” (Lucas 2004), I call “Gaspar Ruiz” “a potboiler if ever there wasone”. This essay is an attempt to justify this harsh evaluation through an analysis of Conrad’s sources, hismixing of historical fact and fiction, the structure and the narrative strategies he employs, and the inconsistenciesin his portrayal of characters. 2005 artículo científico 0717-196X https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=29914208 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=299 Theoria application/pdf Universidad del Bío Bío Theoria (Chile) Num.2 Vol.14
title “Gaspar Ruiz” by Joseph Conrad: a Flawed Tale
topic Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales)
Chile
Conrad
narrative
potboiler
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=29914208