HISP 456 - Minor Literature, World Literature, and the Limits of Translation

FC ARHU CD WADV

4 credits
The theory of Minor Literature recognizes a paradox of minority self-expression: to be legible to dominant culture, writers must revolutionize its language. World Literature refers to books self-fashioned for translation in the Global North. Reading widely from historical regionalism to contemporary flash fiction, we consider to what extent the authentic is always a matter of translation. Works by Abreu, Arguedas, Arlt, Benavides, Gerchunoff, Kornberg, Shua, and more. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisites: HISP 304 and one additional 300-level course in HISP.