New Fall 2019 MALAS Seminar: New historical novel of Latin America with Professor Mario Martín Flores

Fall 2019
MALAS 600A / SPAN 755
New Historical Novel 
of Latin America
Professor Jose Mario Martín Flores 

We will spend our time this semester critically interrogating the foundational moments of Latin American history throughout the study of the new historical novels proposed: 

- The encounture between two worlds (Europe + Amerindia)  in El arpa y la sombra by A. Carpentier.

- The Mexican colonial times in  Duerme by C. Boullosa.

- The political emancipation of Latin America from the Spanish empire in El general en su laberinto by G. García Márquez.

- The European interventionism in Latin America and the new 20^th century in Noticias del Imperio by Fernando del Paso.

- Finally, the repression estrategies of theLatin American dictatorships during the last half of the 20^th century in Cola de lagartija by Luisa Valenzuela.

The student will apply different theoretical approaches and different historiographic perspectives to the analysis of the novels selected.

  

BIOGRAPHY

José Mario Martín-Flores, Ph.D., 

University of California, Irvine

Professor of Spanish
Graduate Adviser
Email: jmartinf@sdsu.edu
Office: AL-129
Phone: 619-594-4796

BA& MA in Educational Administration, Guadalajara, Mexico.
MA & PHD in Spanish, University of California Irvine.

Research interest mainly focuses on Mexican and border cultures, Literature of Baja California, 19th century Mexican narratives, new historical novel of Latin America. His current book addresses the Mexican novel of the last diaspora. Author of five volumes of poetry published in Argentina, Spain, Mexico and the US and two more collections of poetry and short stories in print. Graduate Adviser and Faculty Leader of Spanish abroad program in Merida.

 

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