Course Catalog - 2006-2007

     

SPAN 150 - LATIN AMER SHORT FICT

Long Title: LATIN AMERICAN SHORT FICTION (EMPHASIS ON BORGES AND CORTAZAR)
Department: Spanish
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Description: Freshman Seminar. Readings of classic works of short fiction by modern Latin American masters, with special emphasis on the stories of Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortazar. Close reading, interpretation and appreciation of stories (in English translation) will be the focus of class discussion, presentations and short interpretative essays. Taught in English. Open to first-year students only, except by permission of the instructor. Cross-list: FSEM 150.