SPAN6603 · Romance Languages and Literatures

Indigeneity in Latin American Literature and Culture

Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences

Conducted in Spanish and fulfills the Post 1900-Latin American Literature and Culture requirement for HS majors. This course will look at the emblematic uses of indigeneity in Latin American literature and culture from the late 1920s to the present. We will begin with avant-garde movements and their use of Indigenous peoples as a mark of difference; trace mid-century narratives of mestizaje and indigenismo; continue with translated and bilingual poetry by Indigenous authors; and end by looking at recent examples of neo-indigenismo in science fiction.