SPAN5800-01.Latin Amer. Novel/Short Story.Sp16.Morales,Peter

Goals: To expose the student to the development from realism to magical realism in Latin American novels and short stories, to analyze the importance of the historical reality of the Mexican Revolution in literature, and to examine machismo and hembrismo in the culture and how they are reflected in literature. Content: Through literature, students move north with the troops of Pancho Villa (Los de abajo), experience life in a macho-dominated pueblo where the dead speak (Pedro Paramo), examine choices that made a revolutionary into a politically powerful cacique in our modern world (La muerte de Artemio Cruz), observe the gender specific painted woman and suffering mother in relation to the macho male, and understand the impact that Mexican attitudes and customs have had on the United States. Taught: Alternate years. Recommended prerequisite: SPAN 3900 or 3910, or equivalent. All coursework done in Spanish. Credits: