Contemporary Argentina - Reading the Last Decade
Organised by: Hispanic Studies, University of Edinburgh and the National Library of Scotland
A JISLAC regional seminar (Joint Initiative for the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean)
Board Room, National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh
Friday 26th March, 2010
SEMINAR PROGRAMME
11.30-12.30 Argentinian Identity in Contemporary Argentinian Fiction
Professor Evelyn Fishburn
Professor Fishburn will discuss the work of various leading writers including Alan Pauls , Sergio Chejfec, Claudia Piñeiro, Martín Kohan and Eduardo Berti.
12.30-14.00 BREAK FOR LUNCH
14.00-15.00 Argentine Poetry in the 2000s: Displacement and Cultural Activism
Dr Ben Bollig
Dr Bollig will address the upsurge in poetry in new and unusual spaces, both geographically and culturally, for example Patagonian poetry, the Bahía Blanca poets, and poetry workshops in jails. He will also chart the rise of poetry as a form of cultural activism, one of a number of collective endeavours that question not just the cultural product itself, but its role, circulation, and political relevance, with specific reference to works by Cristian Aliaga, Washington Cucurto and Sergio Raimondi, amongst others.
15.00-15.30 BREAK FOR TEA/COFFEE
15.30-16.30 Myths and Clichés in Argentinian Literary Controversies
Dr Guillermo Martínez
During the past thirty years, literary critics and cultural journalists have repeatedly used certain fixed notions either to canonize or to denigrate new authors, and these notions have become common currency in the Argentinian literary scene. Guillermo Martínez will identify and challenge these ways of thinking in order to examine what is myth and what is new cliché in contemporary Argentinian literature.
A selection of the National Library’s collection of books and materials relating to Argentina will be on display during the day.
Refreshments will be available in the National Library Café.
For further information, please contact the organisers:
Iona Macintyre – iona.macintyre@ed.ac.uk, 0131 650 3641
Fiona Mackintosh – f.j.mackintosh@ed.ac.uk, 0131 650 8303
Carolina Orloff – c.orloff@ed.ac.uk
We gratefully acknowledge the support of JISLAC, the NLS, the Moray Endowment Fund and the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, University of Edinburgh
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