SPAN 1301

FWS:Latin American Radicals

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.

From Simón Bolivar to Che Guevara, Latin America certainly has seen its share of radicals.  Worshipped by some and reviled by others, these are figures who individually or collectively revamped what politics, art or literature could be about.  Presenting us with a wide range of styles and formats, these radicals have a lot to teach us about the art of writing.  We will study essays, letters, diaries, manifestos, poems, short stories and novellas written by or about some of the most illustrious Latin American radicals, including Sor Juana and Emiliano Zapata, as well as collective actors such as Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo.  Between emulations and critique, we will try in our own ways to step in and out of their shadow.

When Offered Fall.

Satisfies Requirement First-Year Writing Seminar.

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