Artículos de investigación

Literature from a decolonial intercultural perspective. Latin American costumbrista literary text in Spanish for academic purposes

Authors

Juliana Gómez Medina Pontificia Universidad Javeriana , Ana María Martínez Ferreras Pontificia Universidad Javeriana ,

The purpose of this contribution is to address a literary text analysis perspective that is framed in a critical and decolonial intercultural pedagogy, all in dialogue with the implications in Applied Linguistics for the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language. We take as a source of analysis the Latin American costumbrista literature of the 19th century, considering it as a rich source of approach and treatment of sociocultural and linguistic aspects in the Spanish classroom for academic purposes. We begin with a tour of the ways in which literature has been defined from the traditional Eurocentric perspective, since these influence, to a great extent, the approach of the literary text in Spanish as a foreign language classroom. Subsequently, we review conceptual elements of the critical and decolonial intercultural approach for the language classroom, which facilitate other views of understanding the literary text in relation to sociocultural issues and allow the training of foreign language learners in terms of social implication and justice. We propose the analysis of Latin American costumbrista literature as a decolonizing model and critical reflection on the social and linguistic dynamics between individuals and cultural groups, from the language classroom.

Keywords:

Spanish for academic purposes, Latin American costumbrista literature, Decolonial Pedagogy, Critical Analysis, Language, Culture, Social Justice

Issue

Published

2023-06-08
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How to Cite

Gómez Medina, J., & Martínez Ferreras, A. M. (2023). Literature from a decolonial intercultural perspective. Latin American costumbrista literary text in Spanish for academic purposes. Humanitas Hodie, 6(1), H61a3. https://doi.org/10.28970/ hh.2023.1.a3

Author Biographies

Juliana Gómez Medina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

PhD en Filología hispánica. Docente de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Ana María Martínez Ferreras, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Estudiante de la maestríaen Lingüística Aplicada del español como Lengua Extranjera de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Licenciada en Letras. Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Caracas, Venezuela. Máster en Literatura Española e Hispanoamericana: estudios avanzados. Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, España.