Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2011

     

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FSEM 154 001 (CRN: 25811)

LATIN AMERICAN CONFESSIONS

Long Title: LATIN AMERICAN CONFESSIONS: AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FICTION IN MODERN LATIN AMERICA
Department: Humanities Division
Instructor: Vassar, David
Meeting: 3:00PM - 5:59PM R (10-JAN-2011 - 22-APR-2011) 
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
 
Restrictions:
Must have matriculated during one of the following Academic Year(s):
Fall 2010 - Spring 2011
Section Max Enrollment: 15
Section Enrolled: 7
Total Cross-list Max Enrollment: 15
Total Cross-list Enrolled: 8
Enrollment data as of: 18-MAY-2024 7:21AM
 
Additional Fees: None
 
Final Exam: Final Exam Unknown
 
Description: Readings of intimate, first person fictions (short stories, novels) by modern Latin American writers, including Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and other, lesser known authors from the Southern Cone, Colombia, and Mexico. Critical approaches will include anthropological, feminist, and post-modern readings. Close reading, interpretation and appreciation of (fictional) autobiography - in English translation - will be the focus of class discussion, presentations and critical essays. Taught in English. Open to first-year students only, any others will be removed. Cross-list: ARCR 154.