How Long to Read Childhood in the Works of Silvina Ocampo and Alejandra Pizarnik

How Long Does it Take to Read Childhood in the Works of Silvina Ocampo and Alejandra Pizarnik?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 32 minutes to read Childhood in the Works of Silvina Ocampo and Alejandra Pizarnik by Fiona J. Mackintosh

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This volume explores the theme of childhood in the cuentista and poet Silvina Ocampo (1903-1993) and the poet Alejandra Pizarnik (1936-1972). It draws revealing comparisons between these key Argentine writers through their shared obsession with childhood, arguing that an understanding of their attitudes to childhood is fundamental to an appreciation of their work. Close reading of various Ocampo texts, including some for children, allows an exploration of her vision of childhood through nostalgia, adult-child power relationships, ageing and rejuvenation, and moments of initiation or imitation. Pizarnik is considered in relation to the myth of the child-poet, and her child personae are analysed through Breton's Surrealism, Cocteau and Paz; through her borrowings from Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Breton's Nadja; and through her obsession with madness, death, orphanhood, violation and transgression. In the final analysis, Ocampo's works achieve equilibrium between childhood and age, whereas Pizarnik's poetic crisis of exile from language parallels her deep sense of anxiety at being exiled from the world of childhood. FIONA MACKINTOSH lectures in Hispanic Studies at the University of Edinburgh. a href="5060sp.htm" target=_blank>Click here for a Spanish translation/A>

How long is Childhood in the Works of Silvina Ocampo and Alejandra Pizarnik?

Childhood in the Works of Silvina Ocampo and Alejandra Pizarnik by Fiona J. Mackintosh is 207 pages long, and a total of 53,199 words.

This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 65% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Childhood in the Works of Silvina Ocampo and Alejandra Pizarnik Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 50 minutes to read Childhood in the Works of Silvina Ocampo and Alejandra Pizarnik aloud.

What Reading Level is Childhood in the Works of Silvina Ocampo and Alejandra Pizarnik?

Childhood in the Works of Silvina Ocampo and Alejandra Pizarnik is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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