Università Roma Tre

The opposition of civilization / barbarism is the basis of the canon of Spanish American literature and it is closely linked to the definition of national identity. The module will explore the ideological and cultural context of nineteenth and twentieth century literature.

C. Aira, Un episodio en la vida del pintor viajero, Barcelona, Era, 2000;
J. M. Arguedas, Festa di sangue, Torino, Einaudi, 1988;
J. L. Borges, “Historia del guerrero y la cautiva”, in El Aleph, Madrid, Alianza, 2004;
E. Echeverría, El matadero/Il Mattatoio, Roma, Portaparole, 2010 or http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/el-matadero-1871/html/
D. F. Sarmiento, Facundo, Madrid, Cátedra, 1999 (chap. I-II);
E. Perassi, L. Scarabelli (a cura di), Itinerari di cultura ispanoamericana, Novara, UTET-De Agostini, 2011 (chap. 5, 9, 11, 21).