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Paris, France - Course Descriptions - 20th Century Latin American Writers: Literature, Politics, and History

Course Information

Subject: Comparative Literature (CL)
Number: 371
Language of Instruction: English

Contact Hours and Credits

Semester Session: 60 contact hours, 4 semester credits, 6 quarter credits

Availability

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Summary

Examines Latin America 500 years after Columbus: parody, despair, the grotesque and the carnivalesque in contemporary novelists. History seen through the eyes of fiction, includes: the jail cell of Kiss of the Spider Woman (Manuel Puig), the jungle brothel of The Green House (Mario Vargas Llosa), the satirical and unrelenting vision of 20th-century Mexico, Christopher Unborn (Carlos Fuentes).

Full Description

Examines Latin America 500 years after Columbus: parody, despair, the grotesque and the carnivalesque in contemporary novelists. History seen through the eyes of fiction, includes: the jail cell of Kiss of the Spider Woman (Manuel Puig), the jungle brothel of The Green House (Mario Vargas Llosa), the satirical and unrelenting vision of 20th-century Mexico, Christopher Unborn (Carlos Fuentes).

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20th Century Latin American Writers: Literature, Politics, and History

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