Radboud University, NIjmegen. 9 y 10 de Noviembre 2015. The eras of violence that plagued numerous regions of Latin America during the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s have left a strong imprint on Latin American literature and other cultural expressions such as film, music, theater and visual arts. It is striking that in a considerable number of these artistic productions mental perturbations related to situations of extreme violence are a recurrent feature. However, the differ