Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

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SPAN 6728

Narrative & Journalism Sp Amer

Narrative and Journalism in Spanish America

A study of the narrative-journalism relation in Spanish America from the early 19th- to the early 21st-century. Topics include definitions of journalistic discourse; the “law of dissimulation”; journalism and the self; journalism versus genealogy; journalism and avant-garde writing; testimonial and documentary fiction. (1 unit)

Required Text: Heriberto Frías, Tomochic (Editorial Porrúa, 2001) (ISBN: 9700729451; Gabriel García Márquez, Crónica de una muerte anunciada (Vintage, 2003) (ISBN: 1400034957); Gabriel García Márquez, Noticia de un secuestro (Plaza y Janés, 2006) (ISBN: 0307350509); Domingo F. Sarmiento, Facundo (Editorial Cátedra, 2006) (ISBN: 843760933X).
Subject:
Spanish
Department:
Spanish (& Portuguese UG)
Division:
Language School
Requirements Fulfilled:
Literature

Sections in Summer 2010, LS 3 Week Session II

Summer 2010, LS 6 Week Session

SPAN6728A-L10 Lecture (Gonzalez-Perez)