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RMST 202 Literatures and Cultures of the Romance World II: Modern to Post-Modern
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Faces in the Crowd

I’m captivated by Valeria Luiselli’s unique approach to depicting her surroundings, time, and life. Her narrative style transcends the tangible, depicting her experiences in abstract ways where it seems they transcend the limits of reality. I took the * as symbols of travelling in past and current life. One as a mother of the boy […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Faces in the Crowd, fiction, Mexico, reality, space, time, valeria

Luiselli’s Haunted Times and Places

Luiselli’s Haunted Times and Places

Valeria Luiselli, Faces in the Crowd

Posted in Lecture Videos, Luiselli lecture | Tagged with C21st, fragmention, gender, memory, Mexico, modernity, space, time, translation, transport, writing

On Roberto Bolaño

On Roberto Bolaño

A conversation with Ryan Long

Posted in Bolaño videos, Conversation Videos | Tagged with Chile, displacement, exile, Mexico, politics, science fiction, space, temporality, violence

On Mercè Rodoreda

On Mercè Rodoreda

A conversation with Anna Casas

Posted in Conversation Videos, Rodoreda videos | Tagged with animals, Barcelona, Catalonia, cities, space, war

Aragon Videos

Aragon Videos

Videos related to Paris Peasant

Posted in Aragon videos | Tagged with Arcades, architecture, city, commerce, France, nature, Paris, space, videos, Walter Benjamin

A Reflection of Hazy Memories: “Combray” by Proust

“And in the same way, also, the thoughts of the dying are quite often turned toward the aspect of death that is real, painful, dark, visceral, toward the underside of death, which is in fact the side it presents to them and so harshly makes them feel, and which more closely resembles a crushing burden, […]

Posted in Blogs, Proust | Tagged with being, childhood, Dreams, family, memory, space, time

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