I’m a little behind on the blog posts since I spent the last two weeks putting together my first SSHRC proposal about a thesis which I’m not even sure I’ll ever write for a grant I probably won’t get. That and I’m feeling discouraged because I failed my French reading test. I’m starting to come to the conclusion [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Leopoldo Lugones “Lunario Sentimental”
Posted in Lista on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Angel Rama on Rubén Darío
Posted in Lista on September 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve finally finished Angel Rama’s study of Rubén Darío called Rubén Darío y el modernismo. Yes, it took a long time to read but this is because I had trouble pulling the thread of Rama’s argument out of all of the obtuse language he uses. Maybe it seems obtuser (is that a word) to me [...]
Dario a Latin-Americanist?
Posted in Lista on September 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Angel Rama seems to think so. I am skeptical. While I have no problem seeing Latin Americanism in Martí, who mentions Cuba, discusses Cuban issues such as slavery and sings to the Cuban landscape, I have a hard time seeing Dario as consciously intending to create a distinct American poetic aesthetic. Not that he doesn’t [...]
Poesía Política: José Martí
Posted in Lista on September 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In preparation for the Comprehensive exam I have decided to focus on the topic of 20th Century political poetry from Latin America. This is a topic that has long been of interest to me. The first Latin American writer of any genre I read was Pablo Neruda, a poet was not only actively involved in the fields [...]
