SPAN 6855 - Latin American Horror

Fall. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

This is the mandatory Spanish graduate seminar for 1st year Spanish graduate students.

L. Colanzi.

The fantastic and the supernatural are the fundamental elements of this course, in which we will analyze Latin American short stories, novels, and films, featuring ghosts, vampires, monsters, witches, zombies, haunted houses, and ecological horror. We will explore issues relating to colonialism, feminism, hybridity, and miscegenation. The texts range from the 19th century to present.