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LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (L45)  (Dept. Info)Arts & Sciences  (Policies)FL2018
L45 LatAm 410Major Seminar3.0 Units
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31-T-R---2:30P-4:00PEads / 211 BrownDec 19 2018 3:30PM - 5:30PM1280
Desc: THE POLITICS OF BORGES. From philosophy to quantum mechanics to pop culture, the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges's work has exerted an immeasurable influence on 20th and 21st century thought. While he claimed to be apolitical, his work and public persona attracted and continues to provoke political firestorms that serve as a history of politics in 20th century Argentina as well as contemporary issues such as mashups and copyright, literature and society, and the politics of technology. In this course, we will first study Borges's work and then use literary, cultural and political reactions to it as a way to understand Peronism and Dictatorship in Argentina; the right and the left in Latin America; literature, copyright and the law; technology and culture in the age of the Internet. We will also read works by Julio Cortázar, Mariana Enríquez, Agustín Mallo, Pablo Katchadjian, and Álvaro Bisama among others.
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