Latin American Literature 3
A.Y. 2024/2025
Learning objectives
The course offers a deepening of the main aspects and problems of contemporary Hispanic American literature, through the analysis, in a historical-cultural perspective, of genres, movements and styles. The aim is to provide the necessary skills to allow students to interpret comparatively complex literary phenomena of the contemporary world, deepening the thematic, structural, stylistic components in order to achieve an understanding of the underlying symbolic constructs.
Expected learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding: the student possesses an advanced critical-interpretative ability of the main reference texts of contemporary Hispanic American literature, also dominates the main critical theories and methodologies of the discipline. Applied skills: the student is able to recognize the literary value of a work and to return it in complete autonomy, identifying its historical and social implications and identifying its main formal and stylistic characteristics, through the methodologies and tools of literary analysis acquired. It is also capable of acquiring and reworking the acquired disciplinary contents in complete autonomy and with a critical spirit.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
Latin American literatures and critical thought in the 21st century.
In this course we will examine several critical thought proposals that have emerged in recent years from Latin American voices. We will study the following categories: 'gore capitalism' and 'postmortem politics' (Sayak Valencia); 'geological writing' and 'disedimentation' (Cristina Rivera Garza); 'tsunami' (Jauregui); 'heteronation' (Ochy Curiel); 'cuir decolonial' (Diego Falconí); 'escritura extranjera' (Clara Obligado). These categories will help us approach different contemporary Spanish American texts (chronicle, poetry, short story, novel, creative essay, and performance).
Program:
1. 'Capitalismo gore' and 'políticas postmortem'
-Definition of concepts
-Texts to be analyzed: Óscar Martínez, Los migrantes que no importan (2010); Pedro Lemebel, "La noche de los visones (o la última fiesta de la Unidad Popular)" (Loco afán. Crónicas de sidario, 1996); Dolores Reyes, Cometierra (2019).
2. 'Escrituras geológicas' and 'desedimentación'
-Definition of concepts
-Texts to be analyzed: Balam Rodrigo, Libro centroamericano de los muertos (2018); Sara Uribe, Antígona González (2012); Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, Las aventuras de la China Iron (2019).
3. 'Tsunami'
- Texts to be analyzed: Various essays
4. Resistir la 'heteronación'
-Definition of concepts.
-Texts to be analyzed: María Galindo, Feminismo bastardo (2021); Susy Shock, Hojarascas (2017); Marielos Olivo, Tres tercas trincheras (2024).
5. The 'cuir decolonial'
-Definition of concepts.
-Texts to be analyzed: Yolanda Arroyo, "Changó" (Transcaribeñxs, 2017); Frau Diamanda, Escenas catalanas (2020).
6. 'Escritura extranjera'
-Definition of concepts.
-Texts to be analyzed: Gabriela Weiner, Huaco retrato (2021); Ana Llurba, Mapas y cicatrices (2023).
In this course we will examine several critical thought proposals that have emerged in recent years from Latin American voices. We will study the following categories: 'gore capitalism' and 'postmortem politics' (Sayak Valencia); 'geological writing' and 'disedimentation' (Cristina Rivera Garza); 'tsunami' (Jauregui); 'heteronation' (Ochy Curiel); 'cuir decolonial' (Diego Falconí); 'escritura extranjera' (Clara Obligado). These categories will help us approach different contemporary Spanish American texts (chronicle, poetry, short story, novel, creative essay, and performance).
Program:
1. 'Capitalismo gore' and 'políticas postmortem'
-Definition of concepts
-Texts to be analyzed: Óscar Martínez, Los migrantes que no importan (2010); Pedro Lemebel, "La noche de los visones (o la última fiesta de la Unidad Popular)" (Loco afán. Crónicas de sidario, 1996); Dolores Reyes, Cometierra (2019).
2. 'Escrituras geológicas' and 'desedimentación'
-Definition of concepts
-Texts to be analyzed: Balam Rodrigo, Libro centroamericano de los muertos (2018); Sara Uribe, Antígona González (2012); Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, Las aventuras de la China Iron (2019).
3. 'Tsunami'
- Texts to be analyzed: Various essays
4. Resistir la 'heteronación'
-Definition of concepts.
-Texts to be analyzed: María Galindo, Feminismo bastardo (2021); Susy Shock, Hojarascas (2017); Marielos Olivo, Tres tercas trincheras (2024).
5. The 'cuir decolonial'
-Definition of concepts.
-Texts to be analyzed: Yolanda Arroyo, "Changó" (Transcaribeñxs, 2017); Frau Diamanda, Escenas catalanas (2020).
6. 'Escritura extranjera'
-Definition of concepts.
-Texts to be analyzed: Gabriela Weiner, Huaco retrato (2021); Ana Llurba, Mapas y cicatrices (2023).
Prerequisites for admission
The course is held in Spanish. The examination materials and bibliography will be entirely in Spanish and presuppose skills in literary history, use of terminology and critical analysis acquired in previous courses (Hispanic American Literature 2).
Teaching methods
The course adopts the following teaching methods: frontal lectures; readings and commentary on the works in the program; seminar lessons.
Teaching Resources
Arroyo, Yolanda. Transcaribeñxs. Barcelona/Madrid: Egales Editorial, 2017.
Cabezón Cámara, Gabriela. Las aventuras de la China Iron. Barcelona: Literatura Random House, 2019.
Curiel, Ochy y Falconí, Diego. Feminismos decoloniales y transformación social. Barcelona: Icaria, 2021.
Curiel, Ochy. "Construyendo metodologías feministas desde el feminismo decolonial". Otras formas de (re)conocer. Reflexiones, herramientas y aplicaciones desde la investigación feminista (Eds. Irantzu Mendia Azkue et.al. Bilbao: Universidad del País Vasco, 2015, pp. 45-60. http://www.ram-wan.net/restrepo/documentos/ochy.pdf)
Curiel, Ochy. La nación heterosexual. Bogotá: Brecha lésbica y en la frontera, 2013.
Diamanda, Frau/Héctor Acuña. Escenas catalanas: errancias antropológico-sexuales. Barcelona: La Máquina, 2020.
Falconí, Diego. "El libro, la urna funeraria letrada y las sexualidades disidentes andinas. Un análisis cuir/cuy(r) de Pablo Palacios y Frau Diamanda/Héctor Acuña". Orillas, en prensa.
Galindo, María. Feminismo bastardo. La Paz: Mujeres Creando, 2021.
Jauregui, Gabriela. Tsunami. Ciudad de México: Sexto Piso, 2018.
Lemebel, Pedro. Loco afán. Crónicas de sidario. Santiago de Chile: LOM, 1996.
Llurba, Ana. Mapas y cicatrices. Córdoba: Fruto de dragón, 2023.
Martínez, Óscar. Los migrantes que no importan. Barcelona: Icaria, 2010.
Obligado, Clara. Una casa lejos de casa. La escritura extranjera. Valencia: Editorial Contrabando, 2020.
Olivo, Marielos. Tres tercas trincheras. Busto Arsizio: FormArti, 2024.
Reyes, Dolores. Cometierra. Buenos Aires: Sigilo, 2019.
Rivera Garza, Cristina. Escrituras geológicas. Madrid: Iberoamericana, 2022, pp. 9-18, 179-187.
Rodrigo, Balam. Libro centroamericano de los muertos. Ciudad de México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2018.
Shock, Susy. Hojarascas. Buenos Aires: Cooperativa editorial, Muchas Nueces, 2017.
Uribe, Sara. Antígona González. Oaxaca de Juárez: Sur+ ediciones, 2012.
Valencia, Sayak. Capitalismo gore: control económico, violencia y narcopoder. Ciudad de México: Paidós, 2016.
Weiner, Gabriela. Huaco retrato. Barcelona: Literatura Random House, 2021.
Cabezón Cámara, Gabriela. Las aventuras de la China Iron. Barcelona: Literatura Random House, 2019.
Curiel, Ochy y Falconí, Diego. Feminismos decoloniales y transformación social. Barcelona: Icaria, 2021.
Curiel, Ochy. "Construyendo metodologías feministas desde el feminismo decolonial". Otras formas de (re)conocer. Reflexiones, herramientas y aplicaciones desde la investigación feminista (Eds. Irantzu Mendia Azkue et.al. Bilbao: Universidad del País Vasco, 2015, pp. 45-60. http://www.ram-wan.net/restrepo/documentos/ochy.pdf)
Curiel, Ochy. La nación heterosexual. Bogotá: Brecha lésbica y en la frontera, 2013.
Diamanda, Frau/Héctor Acuña. Escenas catalanas: errancias antropológico-sexuales. Barcelona: La Máquina, 2020.
Falconí, Diego. "El libro, la urna funeraria letrada y las sexualidades disidentes andinas. Un análisis cuir/cuy(r) de Pablo Palacios y Frau Diamanda/Héctor Acuña". Orillas, en prensa.
Galindo, María. Feminismo bastardo. La Paz: Mujeres Creando, 2021.
Jauregui, Gabriela. Tsunami. Ciudad de México: Sexto Piso, 2018.
Lemebel, Pedro. Loco afán. Crónicas de sidario. Santiago de Chile: LOM, 1996.
Llurba, Ana. Mapas y cicatrices. Córdoba: Fruto de dragón, 2023.
Martínez, Óscar. Los migrantes que no importan. Barcelona: Icaria, 2010.
Obligado, Clara. Una casa lejos de casa. La escritura extranjera. Valencia: Editorial Contrabando, 2020.
Olivo, Marielos. Tres tercas trincheras. Busto Arsizio: FormArti, 2024.
Reyes, Dolores. Cometierra. Buenos Aires: Sigilo, 2019.
Rivera Garza, Cristina. Escrituras geológicas. Madrid: Iberoamericana, 2022, pp. 9-18, 179-187.
Rodrigo, Balam. Libro centroamericano de los muertos. Ciudad de México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2018.
Shock, Susy. Hojarascas. Buenos Aires: Cooperativa editorial, Muchas Nueces, 2017.
Uribe, Sara. Antígona González. Oaxaca de Juárez: Sur+ ediciones, 2012.
Valencia, Sayak. Capitalismo gore: control económico, violencia y narcopoder. Ciudad de México: Paidós, 2016.
Weiner, Gabriela. Huaco retrato. Barcelona: Literatura Random House, 2021.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam consists of an individual interview, which includes questions posed by the lecturer, interaction between lecturer and student and the analysis and commentary of one or more excerpts from the works on the programme. The interview will take place in Spanish. The interview aims to verify
- the ability to contextualise authors and works
- the ability to comment on and analyse the text
- accuracy in the use of specific terminology and ability in exposition
- the capacity for critical and personal reflection on the themes proposed
- linguistic skills
The final grade is expressed in thirtieths, and the student is entitled to refuse it (in which case it will be recorded as "withdrawn").
For attending students, in itinere tests will be introduced at the conclusion of the various modules. The nature of the tests and the evaluation grid will be communicated during the first lesson of the course, which will be recorded.
Other informations:
International or Erasmus incoming students are invited to contact the course lecturer in good time.
Examination arrangements for students with disabilities and/or DSA must be agreed with the lecturer, in agreement with the relevant office
- the ability to contextualise authors and works
- the ability to comment on and analyse the text
- accuracy in the use of specific terminology and ability in exposition
- the capacity for critical and personal reflection on the themes proposed
- linguistic skills
The final grade is expressed in thirtieths, and the student is entitled to refuse it (in which case it will be recorded as "withdrawn").
For attending students, in itinere tests will be introduced at the conclusion of the various modules. The nature of the tests and the evaluation grid will be communicated during the first lesson of the course, which will be recorded.
Other informations:
International or Erasmus incoming students are invited to contact the course lecturer in good time.
Examination arrangements for students with disabilities and/or DSA must be agreed with the lecturer, in agreement with the relevant office
L-LIN/06 - LATIN AMERICAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES - University credits: 9
Lessons: 60 hours
Professor:
Pleitez Vela Tania Raquel
Professor(s)