SPAN 342 - Spanish-American Narrative: The Boom Generation

Prerequisite: SPAN 240 and SPAN 275.
FDR: HL Literature Distribution
Credits: 3

Readings in the contemporary Spanish-American narrative of the second half of the 20th century with special emphasis on the members of the “Boom” generation, such as Rulfo, Fuentes, GarcÃa MÃ¡rquez, Vargas Llosa, Carpentier, and Puig. In addition to short narrative pieces, the readings include El Tunel (Ernesto SÃ¡bato), El Amor y Otros Demonios (GarcÃa MÃ¡rquez), Aura (Carlos Fuentes), Los Pasos Perdidos (Carpentier), and Casa de Los Espiritus (Allende). The class meets once a week for three hours so that we may maximize our time with each novel.