Science, Literature, And Film In The Hispanic World

Science, Literature, and Film in the Hispanic World This page intentionally left blank Science, Literature, and Film in the Hispanic World Edited by Jerry Hoeg and Kevin S. Larsen SCIENCE, LITERATURE, AND FILM IN THE HISPANIC WORLD © Jerry Hoeg and Kevin S. Larsen, 2006. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published in 2006 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN™ 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England RG21 6XS Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN–13: 978–1–4039–7438–9 ISBN–10: 1–4039–7438–1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: November 2006 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America. Content s Contributors vii Introduction xi 1 An Introduction to Sciencepoetry: A New Beginning Rafael Catala 1 2 Three Theories, Three Writers, One Idea: Science and the Nation in the Brazilian Literature of Joaquim de Souzândrade, Euclides da Cunha, and Augusto dos Anjos Eva Paulino Bueno 3 The Aura of Science in Fantastic Tales by Leopoldo Lugones, Macedonio Fernández, Adolfo Bioy Casares, and Jorge Luis Borges María Cristina Boiero de De Angelo 4 Jorge Luis Borges and Early Quantum Labyrinths Floyd Merrell 5 Carlos Fuentes’s Evolution Toward Ecological Awareness in His Essays and Narratives Alicia Rivero 6 Life Signs: Ricardo Piglia’s Cyborgs J. Andrew Brown 7 On Science and Mexican Nationalism: The Politics of Identity in Jorge Volpi’s In Search of Klingsor Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste 8 Disease as a Dis/Organizing Principle in Nineteenth-Century Spain: Benito Pérez Galdós, Leopoldo Alas, and Emilia Pardo Bazán Anne W. Gilfoil 11 29 49 75 87 109 129 vi CONTENTS 9 Ido del Sagrario’s Alimentary Madness Kevin S. Larsen 10 Pío Baroja’s Parascientific Epistemology Beatriz Rivera-Barnes 11 “Aquel Madrid”: Science, Literature, and Art in the Edad de Plata Cecelia Cavanaugh SSJ 12 Representations of Humans and Technology: The Construction of Identity in Miguel Bardem, Pedro Almodóvar, and Alejandro Amenábar Juan Carlos Martin Index 151 175 193 221 244 C on t r i b u t or s María Cristina de Boiero de De Angelo, Master in Applied Ethics, associate professor in American Literature, and founding member of the Center for a Culture of Peace at the Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto, Argentina. Her field of research is the relationship between literature, ethics, and science. She has coedited several books and her articles have appeared in numerous books and journals. J. Andrew Brown, Ph.D. University of Virginia, is assistant professor of Spanish at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author of Test Tube Envy: Science and Power in Argentine Narrative (Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University Press, 2005) as well as various articles on science, technology, and posthuman identity in Latin American literature. Eva Paulino Bueno, Ph. D. the University of Pittsburgh, teaches at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. In addition to numerous essays and articles, she has published books on Brazilian naturalist