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Apr 24, 2024
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SPAN 4930 - Latin American Mystery Fiction
(GB) (CA-AS) Satisfies Option 1.
Fall. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: SPAN 3110 or permission of instructor. Conducted in Spanish.
E. Paz-Soldán.
Originally an exotic import from the Anglo-saxon tradition, mystery fiction flourished in Latin America in the twentieth century, albeith on slightly different terms. The course surveys detective stories and novels in the rational, hard-boiled, and parodic modes. Among the authors to be discussed: Borges, Rubem Fonseca, Jorge Ibargüengoitia, Ricardo Piglia, Cristina Rivera Garza.
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