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SPAN6659AA-L16

Argentine Literature

THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT IN BUENOS AIRES

The aim of this course is to get an approach to Argentine Literature by discussing the literary response to complex cultural and historical issues such as nation and identity formation, avant-garde, nationalism and cosmopolitism, populism and authoritarianism. Special attention will be placed to help students focus on the larger framework of European and Latin American cultural trends in other to gain a deeper understanding of the Argentine literary system. Major and less canonical authors will be studied, i.e Sarmiento, Hernández, Borges, Arlt, Cortázar, Viñas, Walsh and Piglia, among others. (1unit)

Required text: Selected materials and critical bibliography will be provided in electronic form.
Course Reference Number (CRN):
60460
Subject Code:
SPAN
Course Number:
6659A
Section Identifier:
A

Course

SPAN 6659A

All Sections in Summer 2016 Language Schools, Buenes Aires 6 Week Session

Summer 2016 Language Schools, Buenes Aires 6 Week Session

SPAN6659AA-L16 Lecture (Evangelista de Gonzalez)