SPAN140 PO - From Borges to 'literatura lite": Voice Power Género in Latin American Literature

When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2024
Instructor(s): S. Chavez-Silverman
Credit: 1

Describes and interrogates two moments in Latin American literary and cultural history, from Borges to the as yet under-theorized "present." Issues explored will include: difficult versus easy ("lite") forms of writing and their relationship to representations of the writer and reader, to literary history and the canon, the market, popular culture, national and ethnic identity, gender and genre. Letter grade only. Prerequisites: SPAN 101 PO.

Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 1; Language Requirement