Podcasts by Tracing Texts
Further podcasts by Sylvia Veronica Morin
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Tracing Texts - Episode 15: Rosalia de Castro's"El primer loco"("The First Madman") from 2018-06-05T18:04:36
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 S...
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Tracing Texts - Episode 14: Cristina Rivera Garza's"El hombre que siempre soñó" from 2018-03-16T19:52:12
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 h...
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Tracing Texts - Episode 13: Alejandro Sawa's The Cave of Igúzquiza (1888) from 2018-02-07T18:48:29
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 C...
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Tracing Texts - Episode 12: Valeria Luiselli's"Faces in the Crowd" from 2018-01-17T01:12
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...
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Tracing Texts - Episode 11: Rafael Dieste’s From the Goblin’s Archives from 2017-11-17T01:39:16
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 a...
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Tracing Texts - Episode 10: Jorge Luis Borges' Ficciones from 2017-09-24T22:05:56
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 joi...
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Tracing Texts - Episode 9: Emilio Carrere’s La torre de los siete jorobados (The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks) from 2017-08-08T01:04:03
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-...
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Tracing Texts - Episode 8:Álvaro Cunqueiro and Sophisticated or Reconstructive Literature from 2017-05-10T18:36:37
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...
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Tracing Texts: Little Gracie from 2017-04-12T21:16:47
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 famou...
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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 from 2017-03-31T00:32:44
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 ...
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Tracing Texts - Episode 6: La Numancia by Miguel de Cervantes from 2017-02-17T01:18:33
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-158...
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Tracing Texts - Episode 5: The Femme Fatale’s Path in Amparo Dávila’s Short Story“La Celda” from 2017-01-27T03:01:19
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...
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Tracing Texts - Episode 4: JoséMoreno Villa's Poetry Collection"Jacinta la pelirroja" from 2016-12-14T00:57:47
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 ...
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Tracing Texts - Episode 3: The Femme Fatale or Fatal Woman in Spanish Language Literature from 2016-11-18T02:37:56
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 us...
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