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Ximena Briceño

Lecturer of Latin American Literature and Culture

Ximena Briceño (Ph.D. Romance Studies, Cornell University, 2009) is Lecturer of Latin American Literature in ILAC since 2008. She specializes in modern Latin American literature and culture, with a concentration in the Andean region. Her research engages the intersections of aesthetics and politics, with emphasis on cultural consumption and critical theory. Apart from Stanford University, she has taught at Pontifica Universidad Católica del Perú, Mount Holyoke College, Cornell University, and most recently at UC Berkeley. She is currently working in two manuscripts: one explores contemporary museum narratives and performances from Peru, Argentina and Chile; while the other focuses on the notion of productive life and animality in the Andean South between the 1920s and the 1940s.

Selected publications:

        “De animalidad y modos de estar en el mundo: Bellatin y Amorales.” De animales y mostruos. Museu D’Art Contemporari de Barcelona, 2012. 103-115.

       “La memoria en exhibición: El pasado y Museo de la revolución desde el Boom del Museo.” Nuevo Texto Crítico 23. 45-46 (2010): 337-347.

         (with Héctor Hoyos) “‘Así se hace literatura’: historia literaria y políticas del olvido en Nocturno de Chile y Soldados de Salamina.” Revista Iberoamericana 76.232-233 (2010): 601-620.

       “El crimen para la venganza: 'Emma Zunz' en el borde del melodrama.” Variaciones Borges 25 (2008): 137-154.

COURSES

ILAC 135 From Book to Screen: Brazilian Novels and Their Film Adaptations
  • Winter 2013-14

Can the study of cinematographic adaptation of novels help us understand better the specific nature of literature and that of film? Addressing this central question, the course combines an introduction to Brazilian narrative (Euclides Da Cunha, Mário De Andrade, João Guimaraes Rosa, Graciliano Ramos, Rubem Fonseca, Clarice Lispector) and a panorama of Brazilian cinematography (from Cinema Novo to contemporary productions). The course offers a space for reflection on the multifaceted relationship between the literary and the cinematographic. Taught in English.

ILAC 134 In the First Person: Representation of the Self in Modern Latin America
  • Autumn 2013-14

This course examines different expressions of self-portrayal in Latin America from 1920s to the present. The course explores different models of self-shaping and forms of expression that draw contourns on self and identity in Latin America. After a brief consideration of the Inca Garcilaso, Sor Juana, J.F. Sarmiento, we examine the works of José Vasconcelos, Norah Lange, Victoria Ocampo, Frida Kahlo, José María Arguedas, Rosario Castellanos, Mario Bellatin, Tununa Mercado, Marcela Trujillo, Fernando Vallejo, among others. Taught in Spanish; Spanish proficiency required.

ILAC 253 Poverty, Redemption and Writing: Franciscanism in Latin America
  • Spring 2014-15

How are theories of poverty reflected in literary writing? What is the relationship between writing and redemption? Addressing these central questions, the course examines the heritage of Catholic thought and aesthetics in prominent colonial and post-colonial Latin America through the figure of Francis of Assisi. Franciscan writing allows us to explore the notions of subjectivity, solidarity, exception, animality, and capital. In Spanish.

ILAC 277 Spanish and Society: Rock en Español
  • Autumn 2014-15

Can music be a medium to study how a society communicates? This course wants to answer this question by paying attention to how has Spanish changed and adapted in recent history. Taking rock and pop as a global musical phenomenon, the focus of the course will be the most prominent bands and songs in Spanish language. Emphasis is on the analysis of the use of Spanish in real-world contexts. In Spanish.

ILAC 133N The Animal Within: Animal Presence in Latin American Narrative
  • Autumn 2013-14

How does the criterion for the division between the human and the animal take part on contemporary Latin American narrative? To what extent is this divide challenged or contested? The course combines a discussion of the literary works of authors like Jorge Luis Borges, Horacio Quiroga, Julio Cortázar, Mario Bellatin, Clarice Lispector, and José María Arguedas with a reflection on the animal and animality in the writings of Bataille, Derrida and Deleuze. Taught in English.

ILAC 363 Visions of the Andes (ILAC 263)
  • Winter 2014-15

What visions of the Andes circulate in Latin American literature, photography and painting? How are they constructed? How is their value accrued? The course focuses on visual and written images of Andean landscapes. Beginning with 19th century technical photography, the course explores the visual economy of the Andes in representative texts and images from Peru, Bolivia and Chile, vis-à-vis critical discourses about Andean culture. In Spanish.

ILAC 263 Visions of the Andes (ILAC 363)
  • Winter 2014-15

What visions of the Andes circulate in Latin American literature, photography and painting? How are they constructed? How is their value accrued? The course focuses on visual and written images of Andean landscapes. Beginning with 19th century technical photography, the course explores the visual economy of the Andes in representative texts and images from Peru, Bolivia and Chile, vis-à-vis critical discourses about Andean culture. In Spanish.

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