Chile. She has developed teaching and research work in literature at various higher education institutions: Simón Bolívar University (Caracas), University of Paris, University of Concepción (Chile), University of Buenos Aires. She has been a visiting professor at universities in Latin America, Europe, the United States, and Canada. Main works: Vicente Huidobro, un poeta ambivalente (1971); La literatura latinoamericana como proceso (coordinator, 1985); Hacia una historia de la literatura latinoamericana (coordinator, 1987); El archipiélago de fronteras externas. Culturas del Caribe hoy (2002); and Gabriela Mistral: El proyecto de Lucila (2005). Grietas del proceso civilizatorio. Marta Traba en los sesenta (2002); and Silencio, zumbido, relámpago: la poesía de Gonzalo Rojas (2006); De ostras y caníbales (1994) Municipal Literature Prize; El sur y los trópicos (2004); De ostras y caníbales. Ensayos sobre la cultura latinoamericana (1994). The results of her latest study, carried out thanks to a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship and Fondecyt-Chile, published under the title Amazonía: el río tiene voces. Imaginario y modernización (2009), received the Ezequiel Martínez Estrada Prize from Casa de las Américas, Cuba (2011). She is the producer of the documentary El Arenal, which has received awards such as the FIDOCS prize in Chile and the Manaos Festival prize in Brazil. She is currently a researcher at the Institute for Advanced Studies of the University of Santiago, Chile.