SPAN 109. Gabriel García Márquez

This seminar examines the work of Latin America's best-known novelist of the 20 th century: Colombian Nobel Prize winning writer Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014). As a public intellectual, García Márquez was involved in many of the crucial cultural and political issues of his time, and his work represents these conflicts, ranging from so-called realismo mágico to historical fiction and non-fiction writing (Relato de un náufrago, Noticia de un secuestro). This seminar will cover his major novels: La hojarasca, Cien años de soledad, El amor en los tiempos del cólera, and Del amor y otros demonios. It will also include his novellas El coronel no tiene quien le escriba and Crónica de una muerte anunciada, and some of his short stories. This is a student-centered course where assigned readings are discussed, questions can be raised and debates can be conducted.
Humanities.
2 credits.
Catalog chapter: Spanish
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/spanish

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