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HISP 436 - The Literature of the Dirty Wars


Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3HU, CD

How do you write when your world has fallen apart?  Dictatorships swept the Southern Cone in the 1970s, permanently changing Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.  Prison and post-prison writings; the literature by and about Argentina’s Madres de la Plaza de Mayo; writing from exile; fiction and theater under dictatorship; and post-dictatorship attempts to come to grips with this era by filmmakers, popular theater, and novelists.  Taught in Spanish.  Students may consider taking HIST 293, “Dirty Wars and Democracy,” in the first semester.  Taught in Spanish. Enrollment Limit: 15.
Instructor: P. O’Connor
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites:  Two Spanish-taught 300-level courses



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