HSPST-301/401 Modernismo

Contextualized study of the Latin American and Spanish literary movement that broke away from the naturalist tradition and anticipated the avant-garde. Analysis of innovative literary premises in essay, prose fiction, chronicle, theatre and poetry through focus on the new consciousness of the "modernista" writer’s role in turn-of-the-century society. Examination of related notions of exoticism and escapism in the context of continental modernization.

Credits

1

Prerequisite

Taught in Spanish. Two 200-level courses in Hispanic studies above 200 or 201.

Offered

Yearly