Course Schedule and Catalog

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

Description: 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 interpretive essays. Taught in English. Open to first-year students only, any others will be removed. Cross-list: FSEM 150.