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mejia CARLOS
"Demonios y héroes en América Latina" was a Special Topics course taught in the Spring of 2015. In it we studied different representations of transgression through demonic imagery in Latin America. We studied traditions such as "el carnaval del diablo" in Riosucio, Colombia; films such as "El espinazo del diablo"; a play by Salvador Novo entitled "El tercer Fausto"; a gauchesque poem from Argentina known as "Fausto criollo"; nineteenth century short stories by Ricardo Palma, and Twentieth Century short narratives "El vampiro" by Julio Cortázar, and "Barlovento" by Marvel Moreno. We finished the semester reading the novel El anfitrión by Jorge Edwards.
 Carnaval de RiosucioColombian tradition in a small town in the Caldas region. In it, the devil was used as a way to mediate social tensions between the people working the mines, and people working the fields. |  Jorge EdwardsChilean novelist Jorge Edwards, author of EL ANFITRION |  diablo rojoImagined red devil in a dream |
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 CarnavalThe Carnival is a European tradition where the world is turned upside down. In Latin America this tradition continued incorporating indigenous elements. |  Lucifer representationLucifer as the fallen angel of arrogance |
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