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FIST258
The Latin American 'Boom'
FIST258 SP
Crosslistings: SPAN258, LAST251
| Section | Class Size | *Available | Times |
|---|
| 1 | 20 | 0 | Times: M.W.... 1:10PM-2:30PM; |
*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for
the current phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous
phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration.
(Last Updated on Wed Mar 4 05:00:40 EST 1998
)
Photo Caption and Credits
This course will examine the novels that bring international
prestige to Latin American authors for the first time. In
the 1960s a generation of novelists from various
Spanish-speaking countries draws on their readings of
Faulkner, James, Dos Passos, Hemingway, Camus, Sartre,
Joyce, Woolf, Breton, Proust and Flaubert to produce a new
novel which engages and renovates European and North
American literary forms and revolutionizes Latin American
literary production. They do so by weaving aesthetic and
ideological themes into the design of a cultural utopia in
which the aesthetic and political revolutions (with Cuba as
their historical backdrop) become closely identified.
MAJOR READINGS
Alejo Carpentier, THE LOST STEPS
Carlos Fuentes, THE DEATH OF ARTEMIO CRUZ
Julio Cortazar, HOPSCOTCH
Mario Vargas Llosa, THE GREEN HOUSE
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE
Jose Donoso, THE OBSCENE BIRD OF NIGHT
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Three short papers (3-5
pages): final paper.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Unless
preregistered students attend the first class meeting or
communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first
class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE:
Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the
Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA RLIT
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Williams, G
- Times: M.W.... 1:10PM- 2:30PM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 2, Jr: 2, So: 1, Fr: 3
- No Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-03-1998
About the Photo:
Mario Vargas Llosa
Reference:
Llosa, Mario Vargas. A WRITER'S REALITY, Syracuse:
Syracuse University Press,1991
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