SPAN125B PO

Explores roughly 200 years of Latin American literature and culture, using a decolonial lens. Students will develop critical readings attentive to gender, race, class, sexualities and context (historical, geographic and linguistic). Special attention to authors erased or marginalized by 'the canon.' Readings include canonical authors such as modernistas Jos Mart, Rubn Daro and Delmira Agustini; mundonovista novelist Rmulo Gallegos (later president of Venezuela); mid-20th century giants like Borges, Neruda, Garca Mrquez and Julio Cortzar and late-20th /early 21st century authors known for their powers of resistance and subversion (through language, form, queerness) such as Elena Poniatowska, Manuel Puig, Alejandra Pizarnik, Mayra Santos Febres and Mariana Enrquez. Prerequisite: SPAN 101 PO.

PO Area 1 Requirement, PO Language Requirement, Do Not Display - PAC 1, All Languages, Spanish