SPAN 565 National and Post-National Narratives in Spanish American Fiction
This course examines the twentieth-century Spanish American novel with a focus on the relationship between fiction and the discourse of national identity in the region. Using primary as well as secondary sources, the course explores in historical, cultural, political and aesthetic contexts the so-called Latin American literary Boom and Post-Boom eras, as well as the main features of genres such as the novela de la revolucion, the novela de la tierrra, the novela de la dictadura and the novela testimonial. Authors include: Romulo Gallegos, Helena Garro, Juan Rulfo, Jose Maria Arguedas, Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel Garcia Marques, Elena Poniatowska, Luis Rafael Sanchez, Antonio Skarmeta, Fernando Vallejo and Roberto Bolano. Taught in Spanish.