Part II Paper SP12: Latin American Literature

Popular Culture Topic

This topic looks at the influence of popular culture on Latin American literature. It includes texts by authors such as Manuel Puig, Vargas Llosa, Isabel Allende, Laura Esquivel, Luis Rafael Sánchez, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Jaime Bayly, and Alberto Fuguet.

Contents

Lecture notes / handouts:

Extensive handout for the Introduction to Popular Culture lecture by Robert Ruz

Handouts for lecture on Allende and Esquivel:

Theoretical extracts

Extracts from Eva Luna and Bibliography for Allende

Extracts from Como agua para chocolate and Bibliography for Esquivel

On-line resources (links by Robert Ruz)

Introduction to the McOndo movement

Alberto Fuguet's article "Magical Neoliberalism"

Renato Ortiz's article "La modernidad-mundo"

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