The Representation of South America in the Works of Luis Sepulveda
This article explores the relationship between literary genre and the imaginative geography of South America in two novels by Chilean author Luis Sepulveda: Le neveu d’Amérique (1996) and Un nom de torero (1994) We argue that Sepulveda’s representation of the continent is the outcome of interplay between the rules inherent in the literary genre chosen by the author and the magic realism mode commonly associated with South American literature. We conclude with some considerations as to how the popular media have contributed to the dissemination of this representation of South America in their treatment of Sepulveda’s books.