Units: 4
Hours: Seminar, 3 hours; research, 3 hours
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Prerequisites: graduate standing; or consent of instructor
Description: Studies the poetic and narrative oeuvre of Jorge Luis Borges in relation to theoretical discussions around concepts such as, but not limited to, ideology, materialism, hegemony, populism, and totality. Offers a critical appraisal of Borges’ fictions and the theoretical articulation of cultural critique in Latin America. Course is repeatable to a maximum of 8 units.