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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Ibero-American Studies

920-259/359 Spanish 3LAB: Latin American Literature

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator:

Professor Roy Boland

Prerequisite/s:

Spanish 2LAC/3LAC or coordinator's approval.

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

One 2-hour lecture/seminar and one 1-hour tutorial

Objectives:

Students who complete this subject should:

  • have an appreciation of some of the major works of the 'boom' and 'post-boom' periods of Latin American literature; and

  • have an understanding of the Latin American condition as analysed from various perspectives.

Content:

This subject is designed to acquaint the student with some of the major works of the 'boom' and 'post-boom' periods in Latin American literature. A general introduction to contemporary Latin American literature will be followed by an analysis of works by Allende, García Márquez and Vargas Llosa. The texts will be analysed from various perspectives: socio-political, psychological, feminist and post-modern. To this end, Vargas Llosa's 'The Power of Lies' will also be examined.

Assessment:

Class participation (10%), two 2000-word essays (70%), one 20-minute class presentation (20%).

Prescribed Texts:

  • Allende, I., Eva Luna, Plaza y Janés, 1987.
  • García Márquez, G., El general en su laberinto, Mondadori, 1985.
  • Vargas Llosa, M., Lituma en los Andes, Seix Barral, 1993.
  • Vargas Llosa, M., The Power of Lies, La Trobe University, 1994 (from the Department).
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