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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.
Course Reference Number (CRN):
60591
Subject Code:
SPAN
Course Number:
6779
Section Identifier:
A

Course

SPAN 6779

All Sections in Summer 2009, LS 6 Week Session

Summer 2009, LS 6 Week Session

SPAN6779A-L09 Lecture (Menton)