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“Global Gabo:” Q&A with Naomi Lindstrom

October 27, 2015 - Naomi Lindstrom

“Global Gabo:” Q&A with Naomi Lindstrom

Naomi Lindstrom is the Gale Family Foundation Professor in Jewish Arts and Culture, a Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at The University of Texas at Austin, and Associate Director of the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies. Lindstrom is also a graduate faculty member in Comparative Literature and manages the website for the Latin American Jewish Association.

Naomi Lindstrom
Naomi Lindstrom

She will co-moderate Thursday’s, October 29, “Global Gabo” panel with César A. Salgado at the Gabriel García Márquez: His Life and Legacy symposium.

Lindstrom’s research includes nineteenth and early twentieth century Latin America, as well as Spanish American literature. Her research interests encompass Latin American Jewish studies, the topic of gender in Latin American literature, and Brazil. Lindstrom is the author of the books Early Spanish American Narrative and The Social Conscience of Latin American Writing. Her articles have appeared in Chasqui, Hispanic Journal, Hispanic Poetry Review, Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana, CiberLetras, Luso-Brazilian Review, and Revista Iberoamericana among many others.

Why does Gabriel García Márquez’s work resonate with an international audience?

Audiences that read Spanish American literature in translation, and especially in English translation, tend to have quite an appetite for magical and fantastic writing from the region’s writers. In addition, García Márquez’s novels may be read and appreciated without necessarily knowing very much of the history of Spanish America, since the texts give enough basic clues as to what is going on. This latter feature is both good and bad, since it permits more readings, but some of these readings are ahistorical.

A bronze bust of Gabriel García Márquez alongside the busts of other writers in the entry alcove at the Ransom Center. Photo by Pete Smith.
A bronze bust of Gabriel García Márquez alongside the busts of other writers in the entry alcove at the Ransom Center. Photo by Pete Smith. / Busto en bronce de Gabriel García Márquez junto con los bustos de otros importantes escritores en un nicho cerca de la entrada al Ransom Center. Fotografía por Pete Smith.

Who are some contemporary authors who show elements of Garcia Marquez’s literary style?

If a writer today sought to replicate García Márquez’s style, it would be disturbingly retro. Instead, writers have sought to take off in other directions that lead away from magical realism. In a way, Gabo’s influence has been to make newer generations of writers seek alternatives to what he did and to develop their originality while striving not to retrace his steps.

What is your interest in participating in this symposium?

I was caught up and carried away by the tsunami of excitement generated by the Harry Ransom Center’s acquisition of the García Márquez archive and felt I couldn’t miss out on being part of this historic moment. In spring semester 2016, I am teaching a senior seminar titled García Márquez and Magic Realism and hope to find some ideas for my course in the archives. In other words, I was just pulled into the Gabomania unleashed by the Ransom Center’s great new treasure.

Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events Tagged With: Cesar Salgado, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Flair Symposium, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Gabriel Garcia Marquez archive, Gabriel Garcia Marquez: His Life and Legacy, Latin American literature, literature, Naomi LIndstrom, Nobel Prize, Religion, writers

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