SPAN 073. El cuento latinoamericano

We will study the modern and contemporary short stories that have transformed Latin American literature and moved its fiction into the forefront of world literature. By focusing on close reading and analysis, we will outline the distinctive characteristics of the Latin American short story and trace its development. We will examine the thematic issues and narrative features that characterize works belonging to Fantastic Literature, Magical Realism, the Boom and Post-Boom, and place them within their particular historical and cultural contexts. Authors will include Horacio Quiroga, Jorge Luis Borges, Juan Rulfo, Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Julio Cortázar, Rosario Ferré, and Ana Lydia Vega, among others. This course offers students a deeper appreciation of regional differences and cultural richness in Latin America as revealed in the short-story genre.
Prerequisite: SPAN 022, SPAN 023, the equivalent, or permission of the instructor.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Eligible for LALS
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: Spanish
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/spanish

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