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Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2014
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FWIS 112 001 (CRN: 12726)
LATIN AMER FANTASTIC FICTION
Long Title: BORGES, CORTAZAR, AND LATIN AMERICAN FANTASTIC FICTION
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Instructor: Kauffmann, Lane
Meeting: 1:00PM - 2:15PM TR (25-AUG-2014 - 5-DEC-2014)
Part of Term: First Year Writing
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Section Max Enrollment: 15
Section Enrolled: 15
Enrollment data as of: 2-MAY-2024 11:38PM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Description: Explore the precursors, poetics, and practice of fantastic fiction in two cosmopolitan Argentine masters. Appreciate how each combined local and transnational perspective creates startlingly unique works and worlds, bridging Europe and the Americas, modern and postmodern cultures, and bringing Latin American fiction to the forefront of world literature. This course is eligible for credit toward the major in Hispanic Studies.