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Through the 1980s and 90s it has become increasingly obvious that Latin America is no longer a site for the realization of utopian projects such as those that emerged in Latin American modernity. The advent of late capitalism--of postmodernity--has transformed relations between state and civil society in Latin America perhaps forever, producing the integration of the Left into electoral politics, the uneven disarmament of guerilla movements, the signing of peace accords, etc. Contemporary public culture in Latin America--profoundly marked by the end of the Cold War and the advent of competing trade blocs--is characterized by rightist governments functioning under the banner of democracy, together with a generalized demand to erase a traumatic his tory of repressive military governments and civil war during the 70s and 80s. This course will study the literary reflections of these issues as we read a variety of narratives written during the past twenty years and representing various regions of Lati n America. In our analyses of these writings, we will focus especially on such themes as history, catastrophe, and futurity; dictatorship and postdictatorship; civil war and civil society; gender and ethnicity; state and culture; urbanization.
COURSE FORMAT: Lecture
Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA RLAN Grading Mode: Student Option
Prerequisites: NONE
Last Updated on MAR-24-2000
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