SPAN6779A-L09
Spanish American Short Story
The Spanish American Short Story: from criollismo to feminismo
The best stories from Horacio Quiroga to Angelina Muñiz: a thematically and aesthetically comparative approach. Contrasts among criollismo, magic realism, and the fantastic; between stories of the Mexican and the Cuban Revolutions; between existentialism in Mallea and Onetti; among different manifestations of feminism in Bombal, Arredondo, Valenzuela, Rosario Castellanos, Ana Lydia Vega, Gloria Guardia, Ethel Krause, and Angelina Muñiz. (.5 unit)
(A Three Week Course).
Required texts: Seymour Menton, El cuento hispanoamericano 7th ed. (Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2003); materials in Electronic form to be made available upon arrival at Middlebury.
The best stories from Horacio Quiroga to Angelina Muñiz: a thematically and aesthetically comparative approach. Contrasts among criollismo, magic realism, and the fantastic; between stories of the Mexican and the Cuban Revolutions; between existentialism in Mallea and Onetti; among different manifestations of feminism in Bombal, Arredondo, Valenzuela, Rosario Castellanos, Ana Lydia Vega, Gloria Guardia, Ethel Krause, and Angelina Muñiz. (.5 unit)
(A Three Week Course).
Required texts: Seymour Menton, El cuento hispanoamericano 7th ed. (Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2003); materials in Electronic form to be made available upon arrival at Middlebury.
- Term:
- Summer 2009, LS 6 Week Session
- Location:
- Ross Commons Dining 011(RCD 011)
- Schedule:
- 11:00am-11:59am on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Jun 29, 2009 to Aug 14, 2009)
- Type:
- Lecture
- Instructors:
- Seymour Menton
- Subject:
- Spanish
- Department:
- Spanish (& Portuguese UG)
- Division:
- Language School
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- Literature
- Levels:
- Graduate
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 60591
- Subject Code:
- SPAN
- Course Number:
- 6779
- Section Identifier:
- A