Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies - Lecture Series Invite March 2013

[Emma Courlander]

REMINDER of our lecture series presentation this Monday, March 18th.

Please see below more details  on the presentation:

Focusing on three films from the first decade of the 21st century that appeal to global audiences -Kamchatka (2002), Machuca (2004) and O Ano em que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias [The Year My Parents Went On Vacation] (2006)- "The Innocent Eye: Children's Perspectives on the Utopias of the Seventies" frames this study with relevant theoretical concepts. The three films share a main rhetorical device: a young male protagonist, who recalls the story of his parents' experiences during the period of leftist politics and military takeover the 1960s and 1970s. In all three cases, the child/adolescent protagonist is emplotted within the conventions of the narrative genre of Bildungsroman along with certain features of style and iconicity that elicit a comparative analysis. These national films operate within the new parameters of transnational practices of production, distribution and consumption, producing high quality entertainment and technical artistry within conventional cinematographic genres, styles and images. The hypothesis put forward contends that the child's eye view technique, which has several advantages in terms of aesthetic and psychological possibilities, is used to re-create the time and place of those tragic years of fratricide in national histories, in an unproblematic fashion, making that traumatic period more palatable for transnational and national audiences.

I very much hope to see you there.

With kind regards,
Emma



Dear Colleagues,

As part of the Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies' lecture Series, I have pleasure in attaching an invitation to our next presentation by Professor Rita De Grandis (University of British Columbia) entitled:

"The Innocent Eye.  Children's Perspectives on the Utopias of the Seventies"

This will be held on Monday March 18th 2013 from 3:00pm to 4:00pm followed by a reception from 4:00pm to 5:00pm in Hagey Hall 373 (HH 373).

I very much hope to see you there.

With kind regards,

Dr. Monica Leoni, Chair



Emma Courlander
Administrative Assistant
Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies
Modern Languages Buildings
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, ON
Canada N2L 3G1

Tel: 519-888-4567 ext 35710
Fax: 519-746-7881
www.spanish.uwaterloo.ca<http://www.spanish.uwaterloo.ca/>

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