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In spite of a shared language, Latin American poetry written in Spanish differs from Spanish poetry in many respects. ███

Intro topic · Latin American poetry as distinct from European Spanish poetry

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Contrast · Latin American poetry and European Spanish poetry

Latin American poetry is more exposed to outside influences

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Some critics' perspective · Latin American poetry is actually as homogeneous as European Spanish poetry

Why? Because Latin American poetry began with a highly standardized form of Spanish (Castilian Spanish)

Author's perspective · Since then, Latin American poetry has been influenced by other cultures

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Further contrast · between Latin American and Spanish poetry

Latin American poetry more open to change and innovation

Key contrast · between the two kinds of poetry

Latin American poetry more interested in the modern world; Spanish poetry more interested in the past

Explain key contrast · Latin American culture is more recent, has no pre-colonial history to draw on

Describe consquence · of Latin American poetry's more modern focus

Exploration of other poetic structures; example of Mexican haiku

Describe consequence · of Latin American poetry's lack of pre-colonial histroy

Interest in prehistory; example of Chilean creationist poetry

Main point · Latin American poetry's qualities stem from its lack of a pre-colonial history

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Not supported, because we’re never told that the cultural conservatism of Spanish allows for a “stable, reliable” form of expression. The author doesn’t indicate that cultural conservatism plays any role in the alleged reliability of Spanish as a form of expression.

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“Only recently” is not supported. We don’t know whether this practice of incorporating elements of other languages has occurred only recently or whether it began much longer ago.

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Supported. We know from the beginning of P2 that Spanish poetry has a less critical attitude toward the Spanish language than Latin American poetry does. This leads Spanish poets to take “their language for granted.” We also know from P3 that Spanish poetry displays cultural conservatism that leads it to romanticize its past. It’s fair to consider the less critical attitude of Spanish poets toward Spanish as an example of the way in which Spanish poetry is culturally conservative. It’s less willing to experiment with language and explore other poetic structures.

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We’re never told that Latin American poets use “Japanese words and phrases.” They may use poetic structures from Japan (haiku), but this doesn’t imply the use of Japanese words and phrases.

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There’s no evidence Spanish poetry is accepting of the influence of Spanish-language poets outside of Spain. We have no evidence that Spanish poetry is receptive to outside influences.

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