Baroque/Neobaroque/Ultrabaroque

3 units

The course will explore, from a trans-historical, trans-disciplinary perspective, the continuity of Baroque aesthetics throughout Latin America's cultural history from colonial times to the present. The course will be divided in 3 parts: 1) the analysis of Baroque writing, public art and performances of the XVIIth century (Sor Juana, Sigüenza y Góngora, Espinosa Medrano, villancicos, arcos triunfales, etc.), 2) the study of literary texts and manifestos of the neobarroco and neobarroco in the XXth century (Sarduy, Perlonguer, Lamborguini) and other examples more marginal but still associated with contemporary Latin American Baroque (Marossa di Giorgio, Pedro Lemebel et al.), 3) new reappearances of the Baroque in the visual arts both in Latin America and in Latino art. The course will analyze the connections between Baroque and Modernity, with particular emphasis on ideological issues, representation of gender/genre, and identity politics.