SPA 401 - Seminar: Contemporary Latin American Neo-Fantastic Narratives

This course, we will focus precisely on XX and XXI Century Latin American Fantastic and Neo-fantastic narratives.  We will explore and understand some of the approaches to, and concepts involved in, the study of diverse forms of contemporary Fantasy, Science-fiction, Horror, Terror, Neo-Gothic, Cyberpunk. We will watch, read and discuss the works of Horacio Quiroga, Jorge Luis Borges, Silvina Ocampo, Gabriel García Márquez, Julio Cortázar, Juan Villoro, Juan García Ponce, Luisa Valenzuela, Mariana Enriquez,among others-, films by Guillermo del Toro, Eliseo Arriaga, and representative TV programs and graphic novels dealing with these topics.  

 

Prerequisites & Notes
Designed for junior and senior majors