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Latin American Cinema and Literature I: Borders and Adaptations

Session 6 - Sunday 9:45-11:15am
Henry Hall 107
Presiding Officer: 
Hector Cavallari
  1. Cruzando la frontera: visiones de la travesía en "Babel" y "Las aventuras de Don Chipote"; Crossing the Border: Visions of the Journey in "Babel" and "Las aventuras de don Chipote". Sonia Barrios Tinoco, Seattle University

    The border between The United States and Mexico has become an emblematic space of struggle and hope. In this presentation we will accompany film and literature characters in their journey and will reflect on the different layers of meaning of the frontier.

  2. Word versus Image in Creating a Story about Rosaura. Maria Ferrer-Lightner, Pacific Lutheran University

    This essay analyzes Marco Denevi’s 1954 novel Rosaura a las diez and also its filmed version (Dir. Mario Soffici). This comparative analysis will allow us to appreciate how the different artistic approaches reveal the plot and help in the physical and psychological construction of the characters.

  3. The Taming of Esmeralda: From Elena Poniatowska to Jaime Humberto Hermosillo. Lauren Applegate, University of California, Santa Barbara

    This paper investigates the adaptation of Elena Poniatowska’s short story “De noche vienes” to film in Jaime Humberto Hermosillo’s De noche vienes, Esmeralda, paying attention to the characterization of Esmeralda and the issues of subversion of or conformity to hegemonic discourse, ultra-femininity, and desire.

  4. African and Latin American Immigrant Women's Self-identity and Otherness: Searching for a Place and Space in Twenty-first Century Spain. Nathalie Kasselis-Smith, Central Washington University

    This presentation analyzes how Spanish director Iciar Bollain's Flores de otro mundo and Angeles Caso's novel Contra el viento use the theme of women's immigration in Spain in order to reflect upon such concepts as self-identity and otherness.

Session Type: 
Special Session
Session Status: 
Closed