922-124 LaTrobe-3/4LAB:Latin American Literature

Credit Points

HECS Band

Coordinator

Prerequisites

922-012 LaTrobe-2/3LAC:Latin American Contextor approval of the subject coordinator.

Semester

Subject Description

This subject is designed to acquaint students 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 postmodern. 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.