MLG 312 - Contemporary Latin American Short Stories

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Farmingdale State College

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Description:

An introduction to different literary movements reflected in Latin American Short Stories in translation during the 20th Century. The emphasis will be the lyrical basis of the realistic, surrealistic and supernatural elements in the stories of Latin American Writers. Modern women writers' esthetics and poetic sensitivity as well as humor and sarcasm will be included in both the observation of individual psychology and tales of the absurd. Summarizing, and using Anderson Imbert's three basic definitions, the focus of this course will be: a) reality (realism); b) the supernatural (literature of the fantastic); c) the strange (magic realism). Prerequisite(s): EGL 102 or higher (3,0) 3 credits

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.FARMINGDALE.EDU

Phone Number:

(516) 420-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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