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922-124 Spanish 3LAB: Latin American Literature | |
Availability | 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Roy Boland |
Prerequisites | Spanish 2LAC/3LAC or approval of the subject coordinator. |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 2-hour lecture/seminar and a 1-hour tutorial per week |
Subject Description | This subject is designed to acquaint the student with some of the major works of both the modern and contemporary 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 including socio-political, psychological, feminist and post-modern. To this end, Vargas Llosa's 'The Power of Lies' will also be examined. 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. |
Assessment | Class participation, two essays of 2000 words each, and a 20-minute class presentation. |
Prescribed Texts | A reading list will available from the department. |
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