Re: s-stems in Slavic and Germanic

--- On Wed, 2/18/09, david_russell_watson <liberty@...> wrote:

> From: david_russell_watson <liberty@...>
> Subject: [tied] Re: s-stems in Slavic and Germanic
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 5:51 PM
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister
> <gabaroo6958@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Spanish --Latin American literature with research on
> > Central American lit. poetry and testimony
>
> What is Central American testimony?
>
> David

It's personal testimony as a literary genre or literature based on personal testimony. It's a nice field because it produces a lot of controversy. Some call it "journalism", others call it "hagiography," others call it "autobiography,", etc. It has plenty of accompanying theories that also get caught in some people's craw: e.g. subaltern studies, cultural studies, etc. I do it because it's interesting and controversial but I try not to let my karma run over my dogma.