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Latin America and Its Malcontents: Reconsidering Latin America's peripheral status in the canon
A presentation of the literary origins of Existentialism in Latin America. Murillo explores how discontented Latin Americans dealt with existential themes such as the crisis of insufficiency, the conundrum of choice, and the enigma of authentic being. By focusing on Latin America’s existentially-hued interest in the human condition, the author invites the reader to reconsider Latin America's peripheral status in the canon.
Based on Murillo's (2023) book:
Latin America and Existentialism: A Pan-American Literary History (1864-1938)
About the Speaker
Dr. Edwin Murillo is an Associate Professor in the Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures Department at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. Professor Murillo is also the Director of Latin American Studies. He is the author of a short-story collection Midnight Vallenato (Floricanto Press) and Latin America and Existentialism (University of Wales Press). He is a former soccer player and loves Bossa Nova, travel, and the Star Wars universe. He loves the beach in Belize and the coffee in Colombia.
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