Literature of the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking peoples of North and South America and the Caribbean area. Its history, which originated in the 16th century in the time of the conquerors, falls roughly into four main periods.
1)Colonial, 2)Independence and National consolidation, 3)Modern and 4)Contemporary
See also Arts/Literature for author or genre specific categories.
Literatura de habla hispana y portuguesa procedente de Norteamérica, Sudamérica y el Caribe. Su historia se origina en el Siglo XVI, en la época de los conquistadores, y puede dividirse en, al menos, cuatro períodos 1) Colonial, 2) Independencia y consolidación Nacional 3) Moderno, 4) Contemporáneo. Vea Arts/Literature si desea buscar una categoría de autor o género específicos (en inglés).
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A resource page with related articles about the works of Jorge Luis Borges, Alejo Carpentier, Juan Rulfo, Carlos Fuentes, Julio Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez and Manuel Puig.
"Offspring of the Distant World", poetry in Guarani, Spanish and English by Susy Delgado.
An essay by Roberto González Echevarría examines how the Quijote has been re-written in Latin America and Cervantes as a figure of the author is more important than Don Quijote the character, in contrast to Spain.
Index of Latin and South American Literature under review, organized by author, title, genre and national origin.
Argentinean literature history, from 1810 to 1990.
An Anthology of Paraguayan Women Writers translated to English by Susan Smith Nash.
Guide to Latin American bibliography, literature, linguistics, journals, and general studies, organized by country.
A sampling of Latin American comics, both Spanish and Portuguese, edited by Mark Rosenfelder.
Argentinean literature history, from 1810 to 1990.
A resource page with related articles about the works of Jorge Luis Borges, Alejo Carpentier, Juan Rulfo, Carlos Fuentes, Julio Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez and Manuel Puig.
"Offspring of the Distant World", poetry in Guarani, Spanish and English by Susy Delgado.
An essay by Roberto González Echevarría examines how the Quijote has been re-written in Latin America and Cervantes as a figure of the author is more important than Don Quijote the character, in contrast to Spain.
An Anthology of Paraguayan Women Writers translated to English by Susan Smith Nash.
A sampling of Latin American comics, both Spanish and Portuguese, edited by Mark Rosenfelder.
Guide to Latin American bibliography, literature, linguistics, journals, and general studies, organized by country.
Index of Latin and South American Literature under review, organized by author, title, genre and national origin.
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