HISP 422 - Literature and Politics of Central America

 Second Semester.  This course presents cultural and literary responses to Central America’s neocolonial status in the twentieth century, including the CIA-sponsored Guatemalan coup in 1954, the Nicaraguan Sandinista Movement in the 1980s, guerrilla war in El Salvador and Guatemala, and post-war developments.  Readings will include Asturias, Cardenal, Cortázar, Ramírez, Rey Rosa, and Rigoberta Menchú and the controversy around the genre of the testimonio.  The course will also examine the Zapatistas in southern Mexico and the writings of Subcomandante Marcos. 

Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment limit: 15.
Mr. O’Connor.

Credits: 3