COLT 1811D - Reading Revolution, Representations of Cuba, 1959-The Present

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Brown University

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Considers the cultural and ideological impact of the Cuban revolution inside and outside Cuba. Starting in the 1960s, reads Latin American "boom" novels, European theorists and U.S. civil rights activists. Moving to today, addresses post-Soviet Cuba's literary production and its role in an international imaginary. Fiction, film and essays by Castro, Sartre, García Márquez, Reinaldo Arenas, Antonio José Ponte and others. This course is not open to freshmen.

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.brown.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 863-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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