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Spain, Guest of Honor
Literary Program
In no man's land: the place of war
Literary Program
In no man's land: the place of war
Very accurate imaginaries, but where do those images and stories of conflict and violence come from? Who structures them, how and on what authority? Collective and individual memory combine in a blank space, in a no man's land where war accounts are construed that identify victims and victimizers, while they shape stories that pass, silently, from generation to generation. Writer Javier Cercas and comparative literature professor Antonio Monegal will reflect on how war is covered in literature, visual arts and the media.
Literary Program
In no man's land: the place of war
Very accurate imaginaries, but where do those images and stories of conflict and violence come from? Who structures them, how and on what authority? Collective and individual memory combine in a blank space, in a no man's land where war accounts are construed that identify victims and victimizers, while they shape stories that pass, silently, from generation to generation. Writer Javier Cercas and comparative literature professor Antonio Monegal will reflect on how war is covered in literature, visual arts and the media.
Participant: Antonio Monegal
Moderator: Inés Martín Rodrigo
Wednesday, December 04
20:00 to 20:50