| dc.description.abstract | this dissertation concerns r.m. roster's first three novels. the tinieblas trilogy,
a fourth novel entitled carmichael's dog, and his non-fictional account of panamanian
history, in the time o f the tyrants. the purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to
acquaint readers with roster’s writing, to describe how plots unfold and characters
develop; second, to examine the various narrative strategies at work in the texts, the ways
' roster constructs through language his "fictional” latin american republic of tinieblas
and his “non-fictional” history of panama. the dissertation demonstrates how roster’s
narrative strategies in these writings serve to undermine stable, singular textual
interpretation. | |
