Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0164 - Looking for Latin America

The Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes has asserted that the real historians in Latin America are its novelists. We will examine this premise by reading a number of novels in which the protagonists go in search of their roots. Our interest is in how these novelists dramatize the history of their regions and countries, and how their fictional versions illuminate our understanding of the "real" history of the continent. Novels by Carpentier, Rulfo, Vargas Llosa , Arguedas, Ferre, Danticat, Saer, and Eltit are likely.

Culture, Humanities, and Languages Writing and Research Multiple Cultural Perspectives In this course students are expected to spend 6-8 hours weekly in preparation and work outside of class time.