SPAN6755A-L10
Borges:Literature & Power
Borges: Literature and Power
An introduction to the work of Jorge Luis Borges, focusing on the relation between literature and power as portrayed in selected stories, essays, and poems. Topics include Borges and postmodernity; writing and ethics; and Borges’s politics. (1 unit)
Required Text: Jorge Luis Borges, Historia Universal de la Infamia (ISBN: 950042696X) (Emecé Editores, 2005, paper back); Jorge Luis Borges, Ficciones (ISBN: 0061565377) (Rayo, 2008, paper back); Jorge Luis Borges, El Aleph. (ISBN: 8420633119) (Alianza, 1971, paper back); Jorge Luis Borges, Otras inquisiciones (ISBN: 9500427001) (Emecé Editores, 2005, paper back); Jorge Luis Borges, El hacedor. (ISBN: 9789500427012) (Emecé Editores, 2005, paper back); Jorge Luis Borges, El informe de Brodie. (ISBN: 9788420633329) Alianza,1999, paper back).
An introduction to the work of Jorge Luis Borges, focusing on the relation between literature and power as portrayed in selected stories, essays, and poems. Topics include Borges and postmodernity; writing and ethics; and Borges’s politics. (1 unit)
Required Text: Jorge Luis Borges, Historia Universal de la Infamia (ISBN: 950042696X) (Emecé Editores, 2005, paper back); Jorge Luis Borges, Ficciones (ISBN: 0061565377) (Rayo, 2008, paper back); Jorge Luis Borges, El Aleph. (ISBN: 8420633119) (Alianza, 1971, paper back); Jorge Luis Borges, Otras inquisiciones (ISBN: 9500427001) (Emecé Editores, 2005, paper back); Jorge Luis Borges, El hacedor. (ISBN: 9789500427012) (Emecé Editores, 2005, paper back); Jorge Luis Borges, El informe de Brodie. (ISBN: 9788420633329) Alianza,1999, paper back).
- Term:
- Summer 2010, LS 6 Week Session
- Location:
- Sunderland Lanuage Ctr 123(SDL 123)
- Schedule:
- 12:00pm-1:00pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Jul 1, 2010 to Aug 13, 2010)
- Type:
- Lecture
- Instructors:
- Anibal Gonzalez-Perez
- 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):
- 60628
- Subject Code:
- SPAN
- Course Number:
- 6755
- Section Identifier:
- A