SPANLIT 342 - The Duty of Mischief:César Aira's Writing asCultural Critique

Institution:

Stanford University

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Aira's fiction as a prism on contemporary society, emphasizing phenomena such as consumerism, escapism, globalization, and the crossroads between visuality and the political. Topics include: Aira's place within and against the Argentine and Latin American traditions; dialogues with theoretical discourses of Jameson, Debord, and Derrida; novelitas as interventions; genre and gender; body politics; nonsequitur as narrative structure; utopia; science fiction as high culture; and relations to contemporary art. 3-5 units, Aut (Hoyos, H)

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3.00 - 5.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.stanford.edu/

Phone Number:

(650) 723-2300

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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