Javier Pérez Andújar spanish pulp fiction lecture

Spanish author and critic Javier Pérez Andújar will lecture on the history and development of one of the main literary expressions of mass culture in contemporary Spain: the "novela de quiosco" (similar to so-called "pulp fiction" in English). The lecture will be held in Spanish on Thursday, October 25 in room 116 of Folwell Hall. It is free and open to the public.

The Univ. of MN Department of Spanish & Portuguese Studies presents:

"Los hombres que dispararon en los quioscos:
los autores de la novela popular en España"
A talk in Spanish by Javier Pérez Andújar,
Spanish author and critic
COME LEARN ABOUT SPANISH PULP FICTION!
Thursday, October 25, 2012
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
116 Folwell Hall
(9 Pleasant St. S.E., Univ. of MN, Minneapolis Campus)
Free and open to the public
Light refreshments served

In this talk, Javier Pérez Andújar will explain the history and development of one of the main literary expressions of mass culture in contemporary Spain: the "novela de quiosco" (similar to so-called "pulp fiction" in English).
Pérez Andújar will trace the relations of this kind of literature to broader cultural and social trends, highlighting the differences among its many sub-genres (such as westerns, war tales, science fiction, thrillers, and sentimental fiction), and their different ways of engaging with changing socio-historical realities over time.
Javier Pérez Andújar (Sant Adrià de Besòs, 1965) is the author of the novels Los principes valientes (2007), Todo lo que se llevó el diablo (2010) and Paseos con mi madre (2011). He has also written the non-fiction works Catalanes todos; las 15 visitas de Franco a Cataluña (2002) and Salvador Dalí: A la conquista de lo irracional (2003) and edited the anthologies of fantastic short stories Vosotros los que leéis aún estáis entre los vivos (2005) and La vida no vale nada (2008). He currently writes literary articles and short stories for the Catalan edition of El País and contributes to L'hora del lector, a Catalan television literary program.
Sponsored by: Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, Global Programs and Strategy Alliance
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