Courses Taught

Imaginando los Andes (Bryn Mawr College, Fall 2024)

When we talk about Latin American literature, we usually think about literary works written by “criollos” (people of full Spanish descent). However, every Latin American country has a rich cultural diversity, indigenous communities being one of the most important. Throughout history, indigenous, African, and European cultures and societies have been intermeshing and forming new cultural arrangements. A paradigmatic case is the so-called “Andean Literatures”, a complex label that groups together different kinds of texts on indigenous cultures of the Andes mountains. In this course, we will study foundational fictions of the Andean traditions. These texts include chroniclers such as the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega and canonical writers such as Adela Zamudio and José María Arguedas.