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Narrating a Global Crisis from Guayaquil in Real Time: Early Literary Responses to the COVID‐19 Outbreak in Latin America
- Author(s):
- Dr Luis A. Medina Cordova (see profile)
- Date:
- 2020
- Subject(s):
- Latin American literature, Twenty-first century, Latin America, Latin American literature--Study and teaching, Area studies
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- 21st-century Latin American literature, Latin American literary studies, Latin American studies
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/wgyq-0s28
- Abstract:
- This article identifies and provides initial insight into the early literary responses to the COVID-19 outbreak in Latin America. It focuses on the case of Guayaquil, the epicentre of the pandemic in Ecuador, to exam- ine how writers responded to the health emergency in real time by using online platforms. I argue that, while the virus was spreading, the death toll was rising, and the lockdown was at its most severe, a body of writing deeply engaged with the crisis was taking shape in digital outlets. Its study enables a uniquely contextual understanding of the global crisis from a Latin American perspective.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 2 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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