Latin American Literature 3
A.Y. 2025/2026
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 cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
Spaces, aesthetics and practices: reconfigurations of memory, resistance and peace in Latin America
This course explores the dynamic interaction between spaces, aesthetic practices, and socio-political movements in Latin America, focusing on how memory, resistance, and the search for peace are reconfigured through cultural and artistic expression. By analysing literary case studies in different countries and historical contexts, students will examine how 21st-century writers use space and aesthetics to challenge narratives and preserve collective memory. The course encourages critical engagement with theories of space and memory, highlighting the region's diverse practices of resistance that contribute to processes of peacebuilding and social justice, all reflected in various poetics. Through interdisciplinary approaches, participants will gain a deep and nuanced understanding of the transformative role of culture in Latin American contexts of conflict and hope.
We will study the following literary texts (preliminary):
Argentina: Sylvia Molloy, Vivir entre lenguas (2016).
Chile: Daniela Catrileo, Chilco (2023); Verónica Zondek, La ciudad que habito (2021); Diamela Eltit, Fuerzas especiales (2015).
Perú: Julia Wong, Mongolia (2015).
Colombia: Vanessa Londoño, El asedio animal (2021); Evelio Rosero, Los ejércitos (2007).
Ecuador: Mafe Moscoso, La Santita (2024).
El Salvador: Claudia Hernández, Tomar tu mano (2021); Horacio Castellanos, "Poema de amor" (1995).
Guatemala: Mónica Albizúrez, La letrada (2023); Eduardo Halfon, "Signor Hoffman" , "Han vuelto las aves" (2015).
México: Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny, Basura (2018); Yuri Herrera, Señales que precederán al fin del mundo (2009).
This course explores the dynamic interaction between spaces, aesthetic practices, and socio-political movements in Latin America, focusing on how memory, resistance, and the search for peace are reconfigured through cultural and artistic expression. By analysing literary case studies in different countries and historical contexts, students will examine how 21st-century writers use space and aesthetics to challenge narratives and preserve collective memory. The course encourages critical engagement with theories of space and memory, highlighting the region's diverse practices of resistance that contribute to processes of peacebuilding and social justice, all reflected in various poetics. Through interdisciplinary approaches, participants will gain a deep and nuanced understanding of the transformative role of culture in Latin American contexts of conflict and hope.
We will study the following literary texts (preliminary):
Argentina: Sylvia Molloy, Vivir entre lenguas (2016).
Chile: Daniela Catrileo, Chilco (2023); Verónica Zondek, La ciudad que habito (2021); Diamela Eltit, Fuerzas especiales (2015).
Perú: Julia Wong, Mongolia (2015).
Colombia: Vanessa Londoño, El asedio animal (2021); Evelio Rosero, Los ejércitos (2007).
Ecuador: Mafe Moscoso, La Santita (2024).
El Salvador: Claudia Hernández, Tomar tu mano (2021); Horacio Castellanos, "Poema de amor" (1995).
Guatemala: Mónica Albizúrez, La letrada (2023); Eduardo Halfon, "Signor Hoffman" , "Han vuelto las aves" (2015).
México: Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny, Basura (2018); Yuri Herrera, Señales que precederán al fin del mundo (2009).
Prerequisites for admission
The course is conducted entirely in Spanish. The materials and bibliography for the exams will also be in Spanish and require knowledge of literary history, terminology and critical analysis acquired in previous courses (Spanish American Literatures 1 and 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
Aguilar Zéleny, Sylvia. Basura. Madrid: Tránsito, 2022.
Albizúrez, Mónica. La letrada. Guatemala: F&G Editores, 2023.
Andermann, Jens, "Paisaje: imagen, entorno, ensamble", Orbis Tertius, vol. 13, n. 14, 2008, pp. 1-7.
Catrileo, Daniela. Chilco. Santiago: Seix Barral, 2023.
Castellanos Moya, Horacio. Con la congoja de la pasada tormenta. Barcelona: Tusquets, 2009.
Céreas, Constanza; Scorer, James. "Delirio y estancamiento: nuevas configuraciones del pueblo provincial en dos novelas chilenas y argentinas contemporáneas". Estudios filológicos, n.6, 2018, pp. 13-29.
Chinas, Carmen, Christine Hatzky, Sebastián Martínez Fernández, Joachim Michael (eds.). Paz: visiones, estrategias, luchas. Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires: Teseo / SDL, 2024.
Curiel, Ochy y Falconí, Diego. Feminismos decoloniales y transformación social. Barcelona: Icaria, 2021.
Eltit, Diamela. Fuerzas especiales. Cáceres: Periférica, 2015.
Ferrari, Simone y Diego Alexander Vélez Quiroz (eds.). Narrar la guerra, pensar la paz. Relatos, retratos y redes culturales entre Colombia e Italia. Milano: Milano University Press, 2025.
Halfon, Eduardo. Signor Hoffman. Barcelona: Libros del Asteroide, 2015.
Hernández, Claudia. Tomar tu mano. Madrid: Barbarie, 2024.
Herrera, Yuri. Señales que precederán al fin del mundo. Cáceres: Periférica, 2009.
Jaramillo Marín, Jefferson, et al. Construir la paz en condiciones adversas. Debates, experiencias y desafíos territoriales. Bogotá: Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2020.
Jelin, Elizabeth. Los trabajos de la memoria. Madrid: Siglo XXI, 2002.
Londoño, Vanessa. El asedio animal. Madrid: Almadía, 2022.
Mansilla Torres, Sergio. "Mutaciones culturales de Chiloé: los mitos y las leyendas en la modernidad neoliberal isleña". Convergencia. Revista de Ciencias Sociales, n. 51, 2009, pp. 271-299.
Molloy, Sylvia. Vivir entre lenguas. Buenos Aires: Eterna Cadencia, 2016.
Moncada Mijic, Felipe. "Maule y aconcagua, territorio y poesía; violencia en los extremos geográficos", en Territorios invisibles. Ediciones Inubicalistas, Valparaíso, pp. 49-66; 148-157.
Moscoso, Mafe. La Santita. Bilbao: consonni, 2024.
Parrini, Rodrigo. "Memorias del cuerpo. Cuerpo, memoria y olvido", en Lucía Rayas y Luz Maceira (eds.), Subversiones. Memoria social y género. Ataduras y reflexiones. Ciudad de México, INAH, 2011, pp. 323-343.
Ricœur, Paul. La lectura del tiempo pasado: memoria y olvido. Madrid: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 1999.
Ricœur, Paul. La memoria, la historia, el olvido. Agustín Neira (trad.). Madrid: Trotta, 2003.
Rivera Garza, Cristina. Escrituras geológicas. Madrid: Iberoamericana, 2022, pp. 9-18, 179-187.
Rosero, Evelio. Los ejércitos. Barcelona: Tusquets, 2007.
Sarlo, Beatriz. "La ciudad imaginada" en La ciudad vista. Mercancías y cultura urbana. Buenos Aires: Siglo XXI, 2009, pp. 183-216
Valencia, Sayak. Capitalismo gore: control económico, violencia y narcopoder. Ciudad de México: Paidós, 2016.
Wong, Julia. Mongolia. Lima: Animal de invierno, 2015.
Zondek, Verónica. La ciudad que habito. Arica (Chile): Editorial Aparte, 2021.
Albizúrez, Mónica. La letrada. Guatemala: F&G Editores, 2023.
Andermann, Jens, "Paisaje: imagen, entorno, ensamble", Orbis Tertius, vol. 13, n. 14, 2008, pp. 1-7.
Catrileo, Daniela. Chilco. Santiago: Seix Barral, 2023.
Castellanos Moya, Horacio. Con la congoja de la pasada tormenta. Barcelona: Tusquets, 2009.
Céreas, Constanza; Scorer, James. "Delirio y estancamiento: nuevas configuraciones del pueblo provincial en dos novelas chilenas y argentinas contemporáneas". Estudios filológicos, n.6, 2018, pp. 13-29.
Chinas, Carmen, Christine Hatzky, Sebastián Martínez Fernández, Joachim Michael (eds.). Paz: visiones, estrategias, luchas. Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires: Teseo / SDL, 2024.
Curiel, Ochy y Falconí, Diego. Feminismos decoloniales y transformación social. Barcelona: Icaria, 2021.
Eltit, Diamela. Fuerzas especiales. Cáceres: Periférica, 2015.
Ferrari, Simone y Diego Alexander Vélez Quiroz (eds.). Narrar la guerra, pensar la paz. Relatos, retratos y redes culturales entre Colombia e Italia. Milano: Milano University Press, 2025.
Halfon, Eduardo. Signor Hoffman. Barcelona: Libros del Asteroide, 2015.
Hernández, Claudia. Tomar tu mano. Madrid: Barbarie, 2024.
Herrera, Yuri. Señales que precederán al fin del mundo. Cáceres: Periférica, 2009.
Jaramillo Marín, Jefferson, et al. Construir la paz en condiciones adversas. Debates, experiencias y desafíos territoriales. Bogotá: Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2020.
Jelin, Elizabeth. Los trabajos de la memoria. Madrid: Siglo XXI, 2002.
Londoño, Vanessa. El asedio animal. Madrid: Almadía, 2022.
Mansilla Torres, Sergio. "Mutaciones culturales de Chiloé: los mitos y las leyendas en la modernidad neoliberal isleña". Convergencia. Revista de Ciencias Sociales, n. 51, 2009, pp. 271-299.
Molloy, Sylvia. Vivir entre lenguas. Buenos Aires: Eterna Cadencia, 2016.
Moncada Mijic, Felipe. "Maule y aconcagua, territorio y poesía; violencia en los extremos geográficos", en Territorios invisibles. Ediciones Inubicalistas, Valparaíso, pp. 49-66; 148-157.
Moscoso, Mafe. La Santita. Bilbao: consonni, 2024.
Parrini, Rodrigo. "Memorias del cuerpo. Cuerpo, memoria y olvido", en Lucía Rayas y Luz Maceira (eds.), Subversiones. Memoria social y género. Ataduras y reflexiones. Ciudad de México, INAH, 2011, pp. 323-343.
Ricœur, Paul. La lectura del tiempo pasado: memoria y olvido. Madrid: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 1999.
Ricœur, Paul. La memoria, la historia, el olvido. Agustín Neira (trad.). Madrid: Trotta, 2003.
Rivera Garza, Cristina. Escrituras geológicas. Madrid: Iberoamericana, 2022, pp. 9-18, 179-187.
Rosero, Evelio. Los ejércitos. Barcelona: Tusquets, 2007.
Sarlo, Beatriz. "La ciudad imaginada" en La ciudad vista. Mercancías y cultura urbana. Buenos Aires: Siglo XXI, 2009, pp. 183-216
Valencia, Sayak. Capitalismo gore: control económico, violencia y narcopoder. Ciudad de México: Paidós, 2016.
Wong, Julia. Mongolia. Lima: Animal de invierno, 2015.
Zondek, Verónica. La ciudad que habito. Arica (Chile): Editorial Aparte, 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 or Italian. The interview aims to verify the following:
- 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)