Dr. Beatriz L. Botero - Comparative Literature and Folklore Studies

Dr. Beatriz L. Botero
Interests
Latin American literature and psychoanalysis, cultural analysis, comparative literature,
art.
Professor Beatriz L. Botero (Ph D. University of Wisconsin- Madison) is a specialist in
contemporary Latin American literature and cultural studies. Her research is oriented
primarily towards topics in narrative and psychoanalysis, with special emphasis on
identity, body and social conflict. She has also worked these topics in relation to
contemporary visual art. In her publications, Botero examines the relation between
national identity and personal identity in novels such as Gabriel García Márquez’s last
novel Memoria de mis putas tristes. In her most recent work (El Yo ideal y el Ideal del yo
en Cobro de Sangre de Mario Mendoza, 2015), Botero contributed to a special issue on
Psychoanalysis and Ibero American literature for the journal Studi Ispanici, examining
issues of personal and social identity.
Degrees and Institutions
Beatriz L. Botero was born in Bogotá, Colombia, where she majored in Psychology and
Literature. In 1994 she moved to Madrid, Spain, where she did a Ph. D. in Psychoanalytic
Foundations and Theory Development (Fundamentos y Desarrollos Psioanalíticos) at
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. Her dissertation “The Anxiety of the reader of
Fantastic Literature” (La angustia del sujeto frente a la obra fantástica) received a Summa
Cum Laude. In Europe she studied art and culture atUniversitéSorbonne-Paris,
France,andRichmondCollegeinLondon-England.ShereturnedtoBogotáwhere
shetaughtatPontificiaUniversidadJaveriana.FromJaverianashewenttothe
UniversityofWisconsin-Madison,whereshecompletedaMaster’sdegreeandaPh.
D.intheSpanishandPortugueseDepartment.HerDissertation(Imaginedidentityin
sixColombiannovels2000-2010)linkedpsychoanalyticproblemswithliterary
criticism.
AfterreceivedherPh.D.degreefromUWMadison,shehastaughtindifferent
UniversitiesincludingUniversidadNacionaldeColombia,NanyangUniversityin
Singapore,andtheUniversityofWisconsin-Madison.
Selected Publications
Botero, Beatriz L. “El Yo ideal y el Ideal del yo en Cobro de Sangre de Mario Mendoza”.
Studi Ispanici, Fabrizio Serra Editore. Roma XL (2015) : 357-68.
Botero, Beatriz L. “La increíble historia de Memoria de mis putas tristes y de Mustio
Collado el abuelo desalmado”. Revista de Estudios Colombianos, Asociación de
Colombianistas and Fitchburg State University. (2012): 40, 36-46.
Current Projects
Dr. Botero’s current research focuses on visual artists who explore memories of violence
in the case of desaparecidos (the disappeared), during dictatorships in the Southern Cone;
and plastic artist in other Latin American countries such as Colombia, whose work
revolves around issues of migration and displacement.
Teaching
Jorge Luis Borges Seminar. Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Colombian Literature Seminar. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Colombia
Psychoanalysis and Literature, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Colombia
Latin American Literature. Nanyang University. Singapore
Art as a response to Violence. University of Wisconsin- Platteville. USA
Magical Realism. University of Wisconsin- Madison. USA
Intermediate and advance Spanish Classes. University of Wisconsin- Madison. USA
Selected Invited Talks
Botero, B.L. (2015). Cuerpo y violencia en la literatura colombiana contemporánea.
Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani. Department of Social Sciences,
Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA). Buenos Aires. Jun. 26.
Botero, B. L. (2015). El cuerpo en Rosario Tijeras, novela sicarésca. Seminar Ciencia y
Tecnología en Contexto in the PhD seminar “Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad”.
Department of Philosophy and Ethics. Tecnológico de Monterrey. Mexico. Mar. 20.
Botero, B.L. (2015) La pusión de muerte (thanatos) y la novela de la violencia en
Colombia. Universidad de Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Mar. 20.
Botero, B.L. (2013). Identity: From Individual to National Culture. Faculty of Humanities.
Chiang Mai University. April 24, 2013. Thailand.
Botero, B.L. (2013). Teaching Grammar Through Literature and Culture. Faculty of
Humanities and Social Sciences. Burapha University. May 1, 2013. Thailand.
Contact
Office 1402 Sterling Hall
Phone 262-1158
Email blbotero@wisc.edu