IAS A6035 Latin American Writers in Translation (to English)

This course reviews the Latin American Literary production from the late 18th to the last decade of the 20th century. The program follows the developments of two literary genres: verse (poetry) and narrative (short stories) along with some short novels. It begins with an overview of Latin American history and its literary productions. The connections between literature and power will be underlined and questioned from a cultural materialist approach. Later, the students will analyze poems written in the heart of the avant-garde movements and short stories of the so-called Boom. Brazilian writers are included and their production contrasted with that of Spanish-speaking America, both historically and aesthetically.