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 920-359 Spanish 3LL: Latin American Literature

Credit Points

16.7 3rd year

Coordinator

Professor Roy Boland

Prerequisites

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

Semester

1

Contact

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

Subject Description

In this subject students are concerned with the study and analysis of modern Latin American literature from the precursors of the "boom" until the "superstar" writers of the "boom" and the new talents of the "post-boom". In addition to the works of such poets as Pablo Neruda and Ernesto Cardenal, certain works by García Márquez, Vargas Llosa, Manlio Argueta, and Luisa Valenzuela will be studied.

Assessment

Class participation, two 2000-word essays, one 20-minute class presentation.

Prescribed Texts

  • Martin, G., Journeys through the Labrynth. Verso, 1991.


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