SPAN 6630 - [Modern Andean Literature]

Fall. Not offered: 2023-2024. Next offered: 2024-2025. 3 credits. Student option grading.

Co-meets with SPAN 4630.

E. Paz-Soldán.

This course explores the traumatic relationship between modernity and tradition in the Andean countries. The focus will be on cultural and literary projects in different periods: 1890’s, 1920’s, 1960’s, and today. Among the authors to be discussed: Alcides Arguedas, José María Arguedas, Pablo Palacio, Hilda Mundy, Jaime Saenz, Marío Vargas Llosa.