A fantastic seminar: a strange courtship

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https://doi.org/10.22201/fesa.26832917e.2026.7.3.495

Keywords:

Fantastic narratives, non-mimetic narratives, poetic otherness, the prodigious, Latin American literature

Abstract

This review presents the research seminar El extraño cortejo de otro mundo: Narrativas fantásticas y poéticas de la otredad. Its origin and objectives are: to inquire about the different forms in which the fantastic and poetic otherness shape new interpretations of reality and its representations. Furthermore, it shows the participants and describes the variety of aims of study that resonate with works of Elena Garro, Ana María Matute, Laura Restrepo, Alma Mancilla, Mariangela Ugarelli, José Agustín and prestigious Latin American narrative. This course engages in a critical tradition that recognizes fantasy not only as a literary device, but also as a valuable mean to delve into human experience and its diverse ways of representation.

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  • Jorge Olvera-V., National Autonomous University of Mexico. Facultad de Estudios Superiores Acatlán

    He is a PhD holder in Letras from Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la UNAM and a full-time tenured professor at FES Acatlán, affiliated to Unidad de Investigación Multidisciplinaria, where he imparts literature and mass media courses in Letras Hispánicas and Comunicación Bachelors.

    He has publishied works such as Fronteras de tinta: literatura y medios de comunicación en las Américas(coediter), Aquelarre en los bosques narrativos. La poética de Emiliano González, La cofradía de la augusta maldad: Monterroso en clave irónica, he has also  worked in journals and newspapers like Variopinto, El Nacional, EL Financiero and La Jornada. His lines of research include Fantastic Literature, Cinema and Literature, Mass Media and  Ironology, and he is currently in charge of the research seminar El extraño cortejo de otro mundo. . Narrativas Fantásticas y poéticas de la otredad.

References

Chillón, Albert. 2017. “El concepto de ‘facción’: Índole, alcance e incidencia en los estudios periodísticos y literarios.” Cuadernos.info 40: 91–105. https://doi.org/10.7764/cdi.40.1121 DOI: https://doi.org/10.7764/cdi.40.1121

Garro, Elena. 1964. La semana de colores. México: Joaquin Mortiz.

José Agustín. 1986. Cerca del fuego. México: Plaza y Janes.

Mancilla, Alma. 2022. Los intrusos. Guadalajara: Universidad de Guadalajara.

Matute, Ana María. 1956. Los niños tontos. Madrid: Ediciones Arion.

Restrepo, Laura. 1989. La isla de la pasión. México: Alfaguara.

Freud, Sigmund. 1976. “Lo siniestro”. En Obras completas, vol. XVII, 217-251. Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva.

Ugarelli, Mariangela. 2023. Fieras. Lima: Hipatia Ediciones.

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Published

2026-07-01

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Vol. 7 No. 3 (2026): July-October 2026

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Resonances / Critiques

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Olvera-V., Jorge. 2026. “A Fantastic Seminar: A Strange Courtship”. FIGURAS REVISTA ACADÉMICA DE INVESTIGACIÓN 7 (3): 193-96. https://doi.org/10.22201/fesa.26832917e.2026.7.3.495.

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