El pasado y presente estadounidenses. Análisis neo-historicista de Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer

To clarify the relationship between a literary work and its socio-historical context, this article explores Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, from a New Historicist perspective. The voices perceived throughout the text (those of the author, the characters, the reader, and the historical and...

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Author: Montenegro Bonilla, Joe
Format: Article
Status:Published version
Publication date:2018
Country:Costa Rica
Institution:UNA
Repository:Portal de Revistas UNA
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/11521
Online Access:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/letras/article/view/11521
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:American literature
Mark Twain
New Historicism
literatura estadounidense
neohistoricismo
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Summary:To clarify the relationship between a literary work and its socio-historical context, this article explores Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, from a New Historicist perspective. The voices perceived throughout the text (those of the author, the characters, the reader, and the historical and social settings) combine to discuss the reality of American culture in the 19th century and in the present. Thus, this study provides the necessary space to put New Historicism into practice, seeking a more comprehensive approach to the interpretive possibilities of Twain’s work.