Clinger Presents at MLA
Braden Clinger, a PhD student in our Hispanic Language & Literatures program, presented part of his research on the uses of the Pombero figure in Paraguayan literature and cultural production at MLA, as part of a panel titled “Beyond Magical Realism: Revindicating the Irreal in Contemporary South America.” His presentation focused on the first novel written in Guaraní, Kalaíto Pombéro by Tadeo Zarratea, situating its folkloric elements within the Paraguayan-Guaraní tradition and its land reform advocacy within the political history of the Stronato and in relation to the Tierra de la novela genre. Braden is grateful to his colleagues from the University of Chicago for an enlightening and lively dialogue.