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SPAN 545 : Literature and Barbarism

Prerequisites: SPAN 500 or equivalent.
Description: Construction of the figure of the political "enemy" in canonical Latin American literary texts. Savages, barbarians, abnormals, foreigners, "inferior races", "less than human", the monster as portrayed in narrations showing discontent and social antagonisms.
Units: 3
Effective: Summer 2009
Latest Offering: Fall 2010
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