Four credit ho urs. An examination of the uncanny, the marvelous, and the fantastic short story in Latin America. Topics for discussion include modernization and experimentation in contemporary narrative fiction, and the relations between art and politics as well as between literature and mass media. Four credit hours. An examination of four novels representing various literary trends from the period of Spain's transition from dictatorship to democracy.
Readings focus on political and gendered contexts in particular.
Four credit hours . An examination of a selection of novels, short stories, poetry, theater, and non-fiction by United States Latina and Chicana women writers. Interdisciplinary in approach, the course will focus on the relationship between the texts read and several important contemporary issues. Topics include feminism, the social and cultural construction of race and ethnicity, immigration, cultural nationalism, and identity formation. Readings are in English.