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SPAN0084: Landscape and the Environment in Latin American Culture (19/20)
Latin America and the Caribbean contain over fifty percent of the globe’s
biodiversity, and thus itsfate has a strong bearing on the future of the
planet. From the perspective of humanity, acceleratingenvironmental changes
already—and will increasingly—exacerbate neo-colonial, racialized
andgendered inequalities. This module examines a range of twentieth-century
Latin American texts, withan emphasis particularly on representations of
landscape, or issues relating to ecology andenvironmental crisis. A range
of theories and methodologies associated with the analysis
ofrepresentations of landscape and the environment will be introduced
including:ecocriticism, green studies, world ecological studies, and
posthumanist philosophy. Themodule focuses on primary texts including Don
Segundo Sombra by R. Güiraldes, Los pasosperdidos by A. Carpentier, La
casa verde by M. Vargas Llosa, El camino de Ida by R. Piglia,
Lasconstelaciones oscuras by P. Oloixarac, and Museo animal by C. Fonseca.
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