Myth, magical realism, hard-edged realism, fantasy—the literature of Latin America encompasses all these forms and more. This 13-part series guides viewers chronologically and thematically through the region’s varied genres and narrative styles, linking them to centuries of warfare, colonization, and national struggles for independence and identity. Excerpts from influential works are plentiful, while detailed commentary is provided by an impressive array of scholars—including Eduardo Galeano, celebrated Uruguayan journalist; Sergio Pitol, Mexican writer and Cervantes Prize recipient; Doris Summer, professor of Romance languages andlLiterature at Harvard University; and José Rabasa, professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California, Berkeley. An FFH&S/Tranquilo Coproduction. 13-part series, 45–54 minutes each.

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The Series Includes : Pre-Columbian Literature | Conquest and Colony | Politicians and Revolutionaries | From Romanticism to Realism | Modernismo | Regionalism and Indigenism | The Avant-Garde of the 1920s | Narrating Modernity: Writers of the Mid-20th Century | The Latin American Boom | After the Boom | Brazilian Literature: The First 500 Years | Brazilian Literature: The 20th Century | 21st-Century Trends in Latin American Literature

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