Approaches to Teaching the Works of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega: 169 (Approaches to Teaching World Literature) - Softcover

Christian Fernández (editor) & José Antonio Mazzotti (editor)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1603295585 ISBN 13: 9781603295581

Publisher: Modern Language Association, 2022

Synopsis

The author of Comentarios reales and La Florida del Inca, now recognized as key foundational works of Latin American literature and historiography, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega was born in 1539 in Cuzco, the son of a Spanish conquistador and an Incan princess, and later moved to Spain. Recalling the family stories and myths he had heard from his Quechua-speaking relatives during his youth and gathering information from friends who had remained in Peru, he created works that have come to indelibly shape our understanding of Incan history and administration. He also articulated a new American identity, which he called mestizo.

This volume provides guidance on the translations of Garcilaso's writings and on the scholarly reception of his ideas. Instructors will discover ideas for teaching Garcilaso's works in relation to indigenous thought, European historiography, natural history, indigenous religion and Christianity, and Incan material culture. In essays informed by postcolonial and decolonial perspectives, scholars draw connections between Garcilaso's writings and contemporary issues like migration, multiculturalism, and indigenous rights.

Edition details

• Publisher: Modern Language Association
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1603295585
• ISBN 13: 9781603295581
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240