As the 1970s progressed, the political climate in Latin America became increasingly dark, with no end in sight to the proliferation of brutal dictatorships. This program analyzes the cultural impact of those developments and the tensions which gave Latin American literature of the period its energy and resonance. With insight into the challenges of writing in the face of tyranny, the program explores the work of authors from the Southern Cone region and offers perspectives on Carlos Monsivais, Elena Poniatowska, Rodolfo Walsh, Miguel Gutierrez, Oswaldo Reynoso, Julio Cortazar, Hector Tizon, and Diamela Eltit. The emergence of the urban cronica is discussed in depth.
As the 1970s progressed, the political climate in Latin America became increasingly dark, with no end in sight to the proliferation of brutal dictatorships. This program analyzes the cultural impact of those developments and the tensions which gave Latin American literature of the period its energy and resonance. With insight into the challenges of writing in the face of tyranny, the program explores the work of authors from the Southern Cone region and offers perspectives on Carlos Monsivais, Elena Poniatowska, Rodolfo Walsh, Miguel Gutierrez, Oswaldo Reynoso, Julio Cortazar, Hector Tizon, and Diamela Eltit. The emergence of the urban cronica is discussed in depth.
General Note
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 08, 2008.
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Content Note
Social Change and Cultural Stress (1:51) -- Literature of Revolution (3:08) -- Literature as a Cultural Necessity (1:21) -- Chronicles and Testimonials (3:54) -- Elena Poniatowska: Genre of Collective Testimony (2:49) -- Non-Fiction Testimonial: Open-Ended Literature (4:22) -- Literature and Compromise (4:45) -- Return of Lyricism (3:58) -- Priest and Poet: Ernesto Cardenal (1:56) -- Latin American Militant Poets (3:14) -- Latin American New Historical Novel (4:53) -- Dictatorships, Exiles, and New Quests (3:31) -- Reality, Literalness, and Treachery (2:14) -- Fusion of Politics and Literature (3:32) -- Post-Latin American Boom: Period of Uncertainty and Anguish (1:31).
