Post-Nerudaism - Some Examples of Cinematic, Operatic and other Musical Adaptations of Neruda's life and oeuvre

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  • Ian Campbell Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Keywords:

Pablo Neruda literary/cultural afterlife post-nerudaism cinematic operatic musical adaptations Ardiente Paciencia Il Postino opera Canto General Aparcoa Mikis Theodorakis Oratorio Los Jaivas Macchu Picchu Chile Peru Alturas de Macchu Picchu

Abstract

This essay traces the development of certain cinematic, operatic and other musical works which feature or are derived from aspects of Pablo Neruda's life and historical oeuvre. These newer forms of cultural expression can be regarded  as elements of Neruda's literary/cultural afterlife or 'Post-Nerudaism'. These phenomena now act as a kind of refractory mirror through which new generations 'experience' Neruda or may come to approach his works.  The works dealt with in this essay include the 'Ardiente Paciencia/Il Postino' genre of cinematic and operatic works, and musical adaptations of sections of Neruda's Canto General variously by Aparcoa, Mikis Theodorakis and Los Jaivas.

Author Biography

Ian Campbell, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Ian Campbell is an Honorary Research Associate in the Department of International Studies: Languages and Cultures, Macquarie Unversity, Sydney, Australia. His postgraduate background is in Indonesian Studies, but in recent years he has also researched in Latin American Studies.

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2022-02-14

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Campbell, I. (2022). Post-Nerudaism - Some Examples of Cinematic, Operatic and other Musical Adaptations of Neruda’s life and oeuvre. A Contracorriente: Una Revista De Estudios Latinoamericanos, 19(2), 226–248. Retrieved from https://acontracorriente.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/acontracorriente/article/view/1864

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