AS 215.494 - Metaphysical Fictions in Latin American Literature

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Johns Hopkins University

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Description:

All readings and discussions will be in Spanish. Perhaps more than in the Anglophone tradition, the literatures of Latin America have exhibited a strong current of metaphysical speculation, leading to the image of the Latin American literary intellectual as a kind of philosopher poet. In this course we will read salient examples of the metaphysical fictions that have led to this reception, including books and stories by Julio Cortazar, Jorge Luis Borges, Alejo Carpentier, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Gabriel García Márquez, Augusto Roa Bastos, and others. Cross-listed with PLAS

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.jhu.edu

Phone Number:

(410) 516-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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