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,        For this week, I chose to read Cartucho by Nellie Campobello. This novel was quite interesting as it was composed of a bunch of small stories. Written through the perspective of a child, the young girl's name I could not pick up on, but through snapshots, I understood she was a young child who lived with her Mama during the revolution .       The central theme of the novel is the revolution. We heard many stories of soldiers, generals, and men who were executed as if it was an ordinary everyday occurrence, which at the time it was. However, there was no emphasis on the horror of the revolution because it was framed through the eyes of a child. Instead, there was a lot of mention of many deaths. For instance, "the assault left more than three hundred dead in El Aguila alone" (p 26), and "more than three hundred men shot all at once, inside a barracks, is really quite extraordinary, the people said, but our youn...