The lecture examines contemporary Latin American memory fiction and its aesthetic forms of staging remembrance. It focuses on popular realism, kitsch, and moral affects as narrative modes through which literature engages with histories of violence, trauma, and political memory.
Event details
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Benjamin Loy, LMU Munich
Date: Tuesday, 30 June 2026
Time: 16:00–17:30
Venue: Room KGE-006
Format: Guest lecture
Organised by: Zentralinstitut für Lateinamerikastudien (ZILAS) and the Chair of Romance Literary Studies II
