April 08, 2023

On Latin American literature

37 minutes

A conversation for SPAN 312 about teaching and reading Latin American literature. With Erin Graff Zivin and Jon Beasley-Murray.

For more details, see https://span312.arts.ubc.ca/.

00:00 Introduction

01:13 The Canon and Beyond

08:28 Latin America and Beyond

10:37 Images of Latin America

14:20 The Latin American Writer and the Tradition

19:40 Going Beyond Ourselves

22:27 Reading as Misreading

25:55 Inexhaustible Texts

29:54 Good Enough Readings

38:07 Repetition and Learning

37:40 Credits

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By Jon Beasley-Murray