Contemporary Narrative and Journalism in Spanish America

A study of the narrative-journalism relation in Spanish America from the early nineteenth to the early twenty-first century. Topics include definitions of journalistic discourse; the “law of dissimulation”; journalism and the self; journalism versus genealogy; journalism and avant-garde writing; testimonial and documentary fiction. Readings include works and selections by J.J. Fernández de Lizardi, D.F. Sarmiento, Ricardo Palma, Heriberto Frías, José Martí, Rubén Darío, Jorge Luis Borges, Elena Poniatowska, Carlos Monsiváis, Gabriel García Márquez and Roberto Bolaño. (1 unit)