Films for the Humanities and Sciences - Roberto Fernandez Retamar

Roberto Fernández Retamar

This program presents the distinguished and controversial Cuban poet, literary critic, and essayist whose work is so closely connected with the Cuban revolution. Fernández Retamar’s most famous essay, “Caliban,” became a manifesto for Latin American writers. Caliban, the savage of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, becomes in the author’s hands a metaphor of the cultural situation of Latin Americans—Caliban is oppressed and a potential revolutionary. Here is Fernández Retamar, somewhat mellowed by age, talking about his work, Castro’s Cuba, and Latin American literature. (Spanish with English subtitles, 27 minutes)

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DVD ISBN 978-1-4213-1715-1


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