SPN 417 - Death and Revenge in the Southern Cone

Course Units: 1

(Winter; Martinez) This course explores the literature of the Dirty War in Argentina, Uruguay, and of the early years of the Pinochet regime in Chile. Through analysis of narrative, theater and film we will touch upon the effects of torture and terrorism on society in those countries during the early 1970’s through the mid 1980’s. The class will read texts and view films written and produced under heavy censorship, and those written and produced in exile. We will also examine themes of revenge either by exiled writers or by those who can write more freely after a change in government. We will read texts by Marta Traba, Luisa Valenzuela, Diana Raznovich, Eduardo Pavlovsky, Ariel Dorfman, and others. Films will include Camila and Death and the Maiden. Prerequisite(s): Two 300-level courses. CC: LCCS, HUL