This journal focuses on literary analysis of contemporary Latin American literature, particularly exploring themes of monstrosity, gender, and the abject. It examines how authors represent violence, corporeality, and non-normative identities, often through ecocritical and biopolitical lenses. The journal also investigates the representation of nature and plant life in literature, contrasting Western and indigenous cosmologies.
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Literature and Literary TheoryQ2
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Literature
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Literature and Literary Theory
Research Topics (OpenAlex)
Latin American Literature StudiesComparative Literary Analysis and CriticismCultural and Social Studies in Latin AmericaLatin American Literature AnalysisLiterary and Cultural StudiesLatin American Cultural PoliticsLiterature, Culture, and AestheticsCinema History and CriticismPolitical and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin AmericaArgentine historical studies