SPAN 312 - Literary Responses to Armed Conflicts in the Twentieth Century

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Saint Xavier University

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Description:

The course postulates questions around the role of literature during war and during dictatorship, the role of censorship, and the role of literature as a memento of atrocities. Authors include Federico García Lorca, Antonio Machado, Camilo José Cela,Carmen Laforet, Juan Goytisolo, José Luis Zafón, Miguel ángel Asturias, Mario Vargas Llosa, Luisa Valenzuela, Ricardo PigliaIsabel Allende, Carlos Martínez Moreno and Cristina Peri Rossi, as well as testimonies from survivors of Latin America's dirty wars. In Spanish.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.SXU.EDU

Phone Number:

(773) 298-3000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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