SPN 301 - Pop, Punk, and Rock & Roll: Spanish Generation X Writers of the 1990s and the Mass Media

Course Units: 1

(Not offered this Academic Year) In this course we will study the narrative of the youngest generation of writers in Spain, those born after 1960 and publishing in the 1990s. We will examine their works in relation to the influence of the mass media on the construction of subject identities. How does the mass media and popular culture contribute to the self-definition of contemporary bodies? How does it infuse Generation X’s writing on a thematic and a technical level? We will answer these questions through repeated literary analysis of short stories by authors like Josan Hatero, Juan Bonilla, Marta Sanz, and Nuria Barrio and of novels like Amor, curiosidad, prozac y dudas by Lucia Etxebarria, and La pistola de mi hermano by Ray Loriga. Prerequisite(s): SPN 203 or permission of the instructor. CC: LCCS, HUL