Span 488 - Narrating Mexico City

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Washington University in St Louis

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The city has been one of the central topics of modern Mexican literature. Ever since the emergence of the modern capital at the end of the 19th century, urban culture became one of the central concerns of Mexican and Latin-American intellectuals across the continent. With the emergence of the megalopolis and the new centrality of questions of violence, postmodernity, and urban experience, Mexican literature and film have contributed, in the past 20 years, new ways to approach, discuss and narrate the city. This class seeks to tackle different meanings of Mexico City in the cultural discourse of Mexico, by exploring novels (Carlos Fuentes, José Emilio Pacheco, Juan Villoro), poems (Manuel Mapes Arce, Vicente Quirarte, Fabio Morábito), urban chronicles (Carlos Monsiváis, Elena Poniatowska, José Joaquín Blanco) and films (Amores Perros, Todo El Poder, Vivir Mata). Prerequisites: Span 307D and Span 308D and at least two 300-level literature courses taught in Spanish. One-hour preceptorial for undergraduates only; in Spanish.

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3.00

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www.wustl.edu

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(314) 935-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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