SPAN6643A-L21
Science&Fiction in Sp Narrativ
Science and Fiction in Spanish American Narrative
A study of the speculative incorporation of scientific ideas and themes in contemporary Spanish American fiction from Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru. Readings and discussion of novels and short stories by early and mid-20th-century precursors, such as Jorge Luis Borges, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Leopoldo Lugones, Pablo Palacio, and Clemente Palma; of late-20th to early 21st-century examples of “technowriting” in Samantha Schweblin, Jorge Volpi, and Alejandro Zambra, and of utopias, dystopias, and possible futures in Jorge Adolph, Jorge Baradit, Hugo Correa, Angélica Gorodischer, Francisco Ortega, Yoss, Yuri Herrera, and Carlos Yushimito. Related themes to be discussed include: post-humanism, ecofiction, and sociopolitical satire. (1 unit)
A study of the speculative incorporation of scientific ideas and themes in contemporary Spanish American fiction from Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru. Readings and discussion of novels and short stories by early and mid-20th-century precursors, such as Jorge Luis Borges, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Leopoldo Lugones, Pablo Palacio, and Clemente Palma; of late-20th to early 21st-century examples of “technowriting” in Samantha Schweblin, Jorge Volpi, and Alejandro Zambra, and of utopias, dystopias, and possible futures in Jorge Adolph, Jorge Baradit, Hugo Correa, Angélica Gorodischer, Francisco Ortega, Yoss, Yuri Herrera, and Carlos Yushimito. Related themes to be discussed include: post-humanism, ecofiction, and sociopolitical satire. (1 unit)
- Term:
- Summer 2021 Language Schools, LS 6 Week Session
- Location:
- Axinn Center 104(AXN 104)
- Schedule:
- 10:00am-10:50am on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Jun 28, 2021 to Aug 6, 2021)
- Type:
- Lecture
- Instructors:
- Anibal Gonzalez-Perez
- Subject:
- Spanish
- Department:
- Spanish (& Portuguese UG)
- Division:
- Language School
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- Literature
- Levels:
- Non-degree, Graduate
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 60381
- Subject Code:
- SPAN
- Course Number:
- 6643
- Section Identifier:
- A