testimonial narrative

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Latin American literature

  • Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo, Francisco Javier
    In Latin American literature: The boom novels

    …narrative trend: the so-called “testimonial narrative.” In these books, a writer interviews a person from a marginal social group and transcribes the result in the first person. Many such books were produced, but none attained the well-deserved acclaim of Barnet’s transcription of the centenarian former slave and Maroon Esteban…

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