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Tracing Texts
by Sylvia Veronica Morin
This is a podcast dedicated to texts from the Spanish-speaking world, hosted by Dr. Anton Garcia-Fernandez and Dr. Sylvia Morin. We want to provide educational content in an entertaining way in order to give wider exposure to texts that may not be as well known to English speakers.
Episodes
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Tracing Texts - Episode 15: Rosalia de Castro's "El primer loco" ("The First Madman")
A new episode of the podcast Tracing Texts is now available. In it, Sylvia and I discuss the work of the Galician poet Rosalia de Castro, with special attention given to her 1881 novel written in Spanish, El primer loco (The First Madman). The episode will soon be available on Podomatic and…
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Tracing Texts - Episode 14: Cristina Rivera Garza's "El hombre que siempre soñó"
In Episode 14, Sylvia and Anton have a lively conversation featuring a previously discussed author, Cristina Rivera Garza. But instead of revisiting her novel, the literary chat focuses on one of her short stories, "El hombre que siempre soñó" from the collection "Ningún reloj cuenta esto"...
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Tracing Texts - Episode 13: Alejandro Sawa's The Cave of Igúzquiza (1888)
In Episode 13, Antón introduces the Spanish writer Alejandro Sawa (1862-1909), who formed part of the Spanish Bohemia. Antón delves specifically into Sawa's short novel, La sima de Igúzquiza (The Cave of Igúzquiza, 1888). We hope you enjoy our latest discussion of literary texts in Spanish.
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Tracing Texts - Episode 12: Valeria Luiselli's "Faces in the Crowd"
In Episode 12, I introduce the young Mexican author Valeria Luiselli, and Anton and I have and interesting discussion about her novel "Faces in the Crowd". As a "chilanga" residing in New York City, Luiselli's work provides a liminal space that allows us to question reality, time, and identity.…
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Tracing Texts - Episode 11: Rafael Dieste’s From the Goblin’s Archives
In this episode, Antón discusses Rafael Dieste, one of the lesser-known figures of the Spanish Generation of 1927. His relative obscurity is perhaps due to the fact that he wrote both in Galician and Spanish, though he was very active throughout his long literary career. We discuss Dos Arquivos…
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Tracing Texts - Episode 10: Jorge Luis Borges' Ficciones
Our 10th anniversary episode features one of our favorite authors, Jorge Luis Borges, and his collection of short stories entitled "Ficciones." Dr. David Carithers, a friend and colleague, also joins us as a special guest in order to add another perspective to the discussion. We hope you enjoy…
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Tracing Texts - Episode 9: Emilio Carrere’s La torre de los siete jorobados (The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks)
In Episode 9, Antón discusses the Spanish author, Emilio Carrere. He was one of the foremost representatives of the Bohemian writers and artists who lived and worked in Madrid in the early- to mid-20th century. We hope you enjoy this new episode after the summer break!
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Tracing Texts - Episode 8: Álvaro Cunqueiro and Sophisticated or Reconstructive Literature
In this episode, Anton discusses Álvaro Cunqueiro, one of the most important Spanish and Galician writers of the 20th century. Anton presents Cunqueiro's use of magical realism, which makes him one of the pioneers of this narrative technique. This type of literature serves as an example of...
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Tracing Texts: Little Gracie
During a conference in Savannah, we had the opportunity to visit the Bonaventure Cemetery. In this special episode, Dr. Lucia Florido joins us to discuss Little Gracie, one of Savannah's most famous past residents buried in Bonaventure. We explore the possible reasons why Little Gracie may have...
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Tracing Texts - Episode 7: Reforging a Forgotten Faith: The Femme Fatale’s Role in Revaluing Indigenous Religion in Elena Garro’s Los recuerdos del porvenir
In this podcast, Sylvia and Anton discuss Elena Garro’s novel, Los Recuerdos del porvenir (1963), which gives an account of the Mexican Revolution’s aftermath and challenges patriarchal depictions of the non-passive woman to question accepted notions of femininity. By refashioning the femme…
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Tracing Texts - Episode 6: La Numancia by Miguel de Cervantes
The content of this episode is based on Miguel de Cervantes’s play La Numancia. Anton explores the idea of religion in this lesser-known play by Cervantes, which was written sometime in the mid-1580s. La Numancia is one of Cervantes’s earliest tragic plays, and it loosely based on the historical...
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Tracing Texts - Episode 5: The Femme Fatale’s Path in Amparo Dávila’s Short Story “La Celda”
This episode features a discussion of Amparo Dávila's short story "La Celda" from her collection "Tiempo Destrozado" published in 1959. The story's depiction of María Camino, the protagonist, could be interpreted as being a femme fatale, but our episode discusses how Dávila's narrative subtly...
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Tracing Texts - Episode 4: José Moreno Villa's Poetry Collection "Jacinta la pelirroja"
In Episode 4, Anton discusses the life and work of Spanish poet, writer, artist, and intellectual, José Moreno Villa. Moreno Villa is most closely associated with the Generation of 1927 in Spanish Literature, which generally brings to mind important figures of the that period like García Lorca,...
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Tracing Texts - Episode 3: The Femme Fatale or Fatal Woman in Spanish Language Literature
This episode discusses the depiction of the femme fatale, as an archetypal character, along with some of the myths and folkloric elements that gave rise to this representation. The purpose is to use this as a foundation for future discussions of texts that include depictions of the fatal woman in...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This is a podcast dedicated to texts from the Spanish-speaking world, hosted by Dr. Anton Garcia-Fernandez and Dr. Sylvia Morin. We want to provide educational content in an entertaining way in order to give wider exposure to texts that may not be as well known to English speakers.
HOSTED BY
Sylvia Veronica Morin
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This is a podcast dedicated to texts from the Spanish-speaking world, hosted by Dr. Anton Garcia-Fernandez and Dr. Sylvia Morin. We want to provide educational content in an entertaining way in order to give wider exposure to texts that may not be as well known to English speakers.
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Tracing Texts is created and hosted by Sylvia Veronica Morin.
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