Seminars and Symposia

Mexican Literature 

 

Panelists:

“Vanguardia y periodismo en México: intervenciones desde una sala de redacción"

Viviane Mahieux, Fordham University,

“Federico Campbell: Tijuana o la fantasmagoría de un tijuanense” 

Daniel R. Fernández, Lehman College

“La síntesis y su trascendencia: Sergio Pitol y el fin del occidentalismo” 

Oswaldo Zavala, College of Staten Island,

“La frontera en la literatura mexicana contemporánea” 

Araceli Tinajero, The Graduate Center and City College,

Moderator: Alfred MacAdam, Columbia University

 

WHEN:  Friday, March 13, 2009, 4:00PM

WHERE: The Graduate Center, Room C204/C205

365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)

 

In this panel Viviane Mahieux (Fordham University) will examine the relationship between Mexican journalism and the avant-garde as presented in the weekly “El universal ilustrado”; Daniel R. Fernández (Lehman College) will discuss Tijuana-born writer, Federico Campbell and his short novel Todo lo de las focas; Oswaldo Zavala (College of Staten Island) will talk about Sergio Pitol’s El arte de la fuga; and Araceli Tinajero (The Graduate Center-City College) will speak about “la frontera” [the frontier] as presented in contemporary Mexican literature.