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Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture

Santiago Eslava Bejarano

Ph.D. Student
Santiago Eslava Bejarano
Email eslavabe@usc.edu

Biography

Santiago Eslava-Bejarano is a doctoral student in the Spanish and Latin American Studies track of the Ph.D. program in Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture (CSLC) at the University of Southern California. He holds an M.A. in Latin American Literature from the University of California, Davis, and an M.A. in Literature from Universidad de Los Andes, where he also earned a B.A. in Philosophy and Literature.
His research explores the intersections of critical animal studies, environmental humanities, and continental philosophy. He investigates how narratives of human-animal relations shed light on questions of language, ethics and justice.

  • Summary Statement of Research Interests

    Critical Animal Studies, Environmental Humanities, Latin American Arts and Literature, Continental Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy and Tragedy

    Research Keywords

    Critical Animal Studies, Latin American Literature, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Continental Philosophy

  • Book Chapters

    • (2020). La compasión como vehículo para la reconciliación en Áyax de Sófocles. La paz: perspectivas antiguas sobre un tema actualpp. 201-222.Bogotá: Universidad de la Sabana. JStor
    • (2020). Ética y expresión en Wittgenstein y Carnap. (Vol. Revista La Cicuta Antología de textos y artículos)Bogotá: Universidad de los Andes.

    Journal Article

    • (2023). Of Cattle and Men: Interspecies Encounters in Ana Paula Maia’s De Gados e Homens. Latin American Literary Review. Vol. 50 (101)
    • (2022). A Noble Pity: ἔλεος in Plato’s Philosophy. Vox Patrum. Vol. 82
    • (2019). Los límites del odio: la compasión de Odiseo en Áyax de Sófocles. Nova Tellus. Vol. 37 (1), pp. 25-48. Nova Tellus
    • (2019). El arco y la bestia: Soledad, Metamorfosis y deshumanización en Filoctetes de Sófocles. Revista de Estudios Clásicos. Vol. 46,pp. 41-67. Dialnet