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ENGL-430 Advanced Seminar: Testimonial Fictions
Spring only
Testimonial Fictions: Atrocity, Memory and Sexuality in Post-Dictatorship US Latino Literature
The course surveys mostly literary representations of US Latino diasporic communities negotiating the historical, political and cultural legacies of extreme state-sponsored violence on the part of dictatorial regimes in their homelands. Case studies include Dominican America after Trujillo, Haitian America after the Duvaliers, Cuban America "after" Castro, and Guatemalan/Salvadoran America after the 1980's-era juntas. Writers and texts include Julia Alvarez (In the Name of Salomé), Junot Díaz (Oscar Wao), Edwidge Danticat (The Dew Breaker and Brother, I'm Dying), Reinaldo Arenas (Before Night Falls), Cristina García (A Handbook to Luck) and Hector Tobar (The Tattooed Soldier). Course readings will also include significant scholarly work in Latin American and US Latino Studies, as well as in critical and political theory.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: Juniors and Seniors Only
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