Gender, Sexuality, and Literature (361-0-20)

Topic

Readings in Latin American Short Fiction

Instructors

S. B. West

Meeting Info

Kresge Centennial Hall 2-415: Mon, Wed 11:00AM - 12:20PM

Overview of class

This course will be taught in Spanish.

This course explores the rich and vibrant traditions of contemporary Indigenous storytelling and their relationship to the short story genre. We will engage with a diverse array of stories written, told, and performed by Yucatec Maya, Mapuche, Quechua, and other Indigenous authors, situating each work within its own cultural and historical context. Alongside these stories, we will examine scholarship on gender, race, class, and ethnicity to consider how and why Indigenous narratives have often been excluded from, or marginalized within, the Latin American short story tradition. Through this comparative approach, we will explore the ways Indigenous storytellers challenge conventional literary categories and expand our understanding of what constitutes a short story.

Class Materials (Required)

All will be provided in Canvas.

Class Attributes

Advanced Expression
Literature and Arts Foundational Discipline
SoC Humanities and Fine Arts Distro