SPN 306 - Spanish Mutant Fictioneers: Mutant Fiction & Media Mutations in Twenty- First Century Spanish Literature

Course Units: 1

(Not offered this Academic Year) The contemporary authors known as the Mutantes are well-connected and savvy users of new media and social networking sites. They maintain their own web pages, they write blogs, they produce videos, book trailers, electronic hypertexts, and post photographs on Flickr. They directly address and dialogue with their fans and foes alike. This course examines how authors such as Agustin Fernandez Mallo, Jorge Carrion, Alberto Olmos, Juan Francisco Ferre, Javier Fernandez, among others use new media technologies to mutate words in print and print across media platforms. To understand the role of media in print, this course includes a series of hands-on workshops and a series of digital assignments. Students will read, watch, and analyze the work of these authors by engaging in research projects, reading short stories, book chapters, newspaper articles, blogs, and watching trailers, presentations, even spoken word DJ performances. Prerequisite(s): SPN 203 or permission of the instructor. CC: LCCS, HUM