ML 4630 - Latin American Literature

Institution:

SUNY College at Old Westbury

Subject:

Modern Languages

Description:

Taught in English. This course emphasizes key literary movements in Latin America since the conquest. We will examine pre-Columbian texts together with the description of the Americas by early European gaze. We will analyze the collision of cultures, the baroque, romanticism and independence, ideas of Civilization and Barbarism, modernism, the avant-garde and magical realist movements. We will study European and African influences on Latin America letters and how these influences evolved into a Latin American expression. Finally, we will analyze how Latin America became a leading authority in world literature. Offered periodically. Prerequisite: EMS

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.oldwestbury.edu

Phone Number:

(516) 876-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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