Melika’s Span 312 Blog

  Hello Blog readers, Just like that this becomes my last post. As Jon said in his lecture, “so that was Latin American literature?” I learned a lot, and definitely went through a lot of new styles of books. I dont think I had ever read books from these country’s authors, before this class, at least. Im proud of how much I was able to read and really dive into concepts like I did. I like to read, but I never dive deep into details and patterns like we did in this course. I saw lots of patterns of themes, narrators, etc., and it was honestly nice to look at those details. I've learnt so much about history too and the things some people went through, like the revolution. A common theme/problem being death. I've adapted more to the violence and how others view this death and destruction. Overall, Im glad I explored these cultural works. I definitely learned a couple of things about the past that I didn't know, but also I was touched by some of the work. I feel moved by the...

  Hello blog readers, This week I read my final book for Span312. This week I read Papi by Rita Indiana, which was quite an entertaining read. This novel was a bit all over the place but very interesting. The unnamed daughter was really well characterized. Her narration brings me back to other books we have read in this course, such as Mama Blanca’s memories and Cartucho, because those also had childlike narration. I think this book was especially similar to Cartucho because we saw how the children in that book viewed death and trauma, just like how this girl is dealing with death and trauma. Throughout this course, I have come to enjoy that narration style, especially with this book. I got to think about when I was an eight-year-old girl and how special my father was too. In fact, I loved my father so much that I chose to live with him after the divorce of my parents. It’s effortless to idealize a parental figure as a child, which is what this girl did toward her Papi. I didn’...