LAS483B

Latin American Fiction from the "Boom" to the Present

Introduces students to recent developments in Latin American literature since the late 1950s to the present. Covers post-boom writers, testimonial literature, the rise of literature by women in the 1980s, movements such as McOndo, Crack and narcoliterature. Works are discussed in the context of the changing cultural and socioeconomic landscape of Latin America in the last decades.

Lecture: 3h

Lab: 0h

Tutorial: 0h

Credits: 1.5