[Feb 26] SMLC Research Seminar Series: A Rebellion in Comic Form: Lope de Aguirre’s Deed through Felipe Hernández Cava's Graphic Novels (1989-1998)

Date: February 26, 2025 (Wednesday)

Time: 5:30-7:00pm

Venue: CRT-4.36, 4/F., Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU

Speaker: Mr. Martín Juaristi Garamendi, PhD candidate in Comparative Literature and Literary Studies at The University of the Basque Country

Discussant: Prof Stuart Christie, Professor of English Literature, Hong Kong Baptist University

Moderator: Prof Bárbara Fernández-Melleda, SMLC Research Seminars Coordinator

Abstract:

In 1561, a rather unimportant Spanish soldier named of Lope de Aguirre seized control of a colonial expedition that searched for the mythical kingdom of El Dorado, and led it from the depths of the Amazon in a rebellion against the Spanish Empire. Since then, Lope de Aguirre has been reviled and praised in equal measure in chronicles, ghost stories and numerous works of fiction. Among these productions, Felipe Hernández Cava's graphic novel trilogy stands out due to its use of the narrative resources of comics and the meaningful visual contrast between the styles of the artists that sign each installment: Enrique Breccia, Federico del Barrio, and Ricard Castells.

All are welcome, no registration is required.

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