{"id":20408,"date":"2015-05-08T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T13:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=20408"},"modified":"2015-05-07T19:09:01","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T00:09:01","slug":"apsus-osvaldo-di-paolo-explores-blending-of-hispanic-literary-genres-in-new-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2015\/05\/08\/apsus-osvaldo-di-paolo-explores-blending-of-hispanic-literary-genres-in-new-book\/","title":{"rendered":"APSU’s Osvaldo Di Paolo explores blending of Hispanic literary genres in new book"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – Fictional literature has long shined a light on the times in which we live. In North America, genres like dystopia and science fiction have served as mirrors for the ills plaguing modern day society.<\/p>\n

In Spanish literature, the genres of hardboiled, or \u201cnovela negra,\u201d and Gothic literature have played a similarly important role \u2013 each symbolically exploring, among other things, the criminal and societal dangers in rapidly growing major South American cities such as Mexico City, Bogota and Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n

\"APSU<\/a>

APSU Associate Professor Dr. Osvaldo Di Paolo.<\/p><\/div>\n

Austin Peay State University associate professor of Latin American Literary and Cultural Studies, Dr. Osvaldo Di Paolo recently published his research on the genres, in a Spanish-language book titled \u201cNegr\u00f3tico.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alongside fellow scholar Nadina Olmedo, Di Paolo\u2019s study focuses on the fused genre and how it has grown in popularity and relevance as an effective method of social criticism.<\/p>\n

The fusion of the two genres has created its own genre classification known as \u201cnovela negr\u00f3tica,\u201d a seemingly disparate merging of hardboiled\u2019s focus on detectives and criminals with Gothic\u2019s elements of fictional monsters, ghosts and medieval castles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis book started because I attended (a dissertation) being given by Nadina about gothic literature, while I was there to give my own dissertation on hardboiled (fiction),\u201d Di Paolo said. \u201cI ended up telling her that we should (publish research) together, because hardboiled really gets its roots from Gothic.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the tropes of each genre seem different, Di Paolo and Nadina point out the many shared themes of suspense, notions of good and evil, murderers, terror, marginality and revenge. Within those themes, authors are able to offer their own criticisms of the real life problems facing society.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole book studies the genres in a formal way, from a literary aspect, but then it goes into the content and reasons why these texts proliferate,\u201d Di Paolo said. \u201cWe look at how the traditional characteristics of (classic monsters such as vampires) have changed over the years to reflect the anguish and discontent of people in modern-day society.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn some way, all of these works show how human beings are worse than beings like vampires, zombies or monsters,\u201d Di Paolo added. \u201cI don\u2019t do this research because I\u2019m fascinated with the (horror) genre, but I like studying these creatures because they are a way to study contemporary events, patterns and situations happening in society.\u201d<\/p>\n

[320left]Di Paolo has now published three books, including a study on Hispanic sci-fi and detective novels, titled \u201cPost-human Apocalyptic Moaning and Explosions: Hispanic Detective Fiction and Science Fiction of the 21st Century,\u201d as well as a book on crime in Argentina, titled \u201cCad\u00e1veres en el armario.\u201d<\/p>\n

The experience of putting together his most recent work, Di Paolo said, has been the most rewarding of his literary career.<\/p>\n

“(Nadina) and I started writing together, and it was actually the best experience I have ever had as far as writing, because when you do research it can be a little lonesome,\u201d Di Paolo said. \u201cWith this book, we could discuss things and really get excited about the work we were doing together.\u201d<\/p>\n

The book, which is written in Spanish, is available in bookstores across Argentina and Spain.<\/p>\n

For more information on this topic, contact Di Paolo at dipaoloo@apsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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