Exploring term Fall 2023 Change
- ACAN: Arts of Canada
- ADMN: Public Administration
- AE: Art Education
- AGEI: Ageing
- AHVS: Art History and Visual Studies
- ANTH: Anthropology
- ART: Visual Arts
- ARTS: Arts
- ASL: American Sign Language
- ASTR: Astronomy
- ATWP: Academic and Technical Writing Program
- BCMB: Biochemistry and Microbiology
- BIOC: Biochemistry
- BIOL: Biology
- BME: Biomedical Engineering
- CE: Community Engagement
- CHEM: Chemistry
- CIVE: Civil Engineering
- COM: Commerce
- CS: Canadian Studies
- CSC: Computer Science
- CW: Creative Writing (En'owkin Centre)
- CYC: Child and Youth Care
- DHUM: Digital Humanities
- DSST: Disability Studies (DSS)
- ECE: Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECON: Economics
- ED-D: Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
- ED-P: Curriculum and Instruction Studies
- EDCI: Curriculum and Instruction Studies
- EDUC: Education
- ENGR: Engineering
- ENSH: English
- ENT: Entrepreneurship
- EOS: Earth and Ocean Sciences
- EPHE: Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
- ER: Environmental Restoration
- ES: Environmental Studies
- EUS: European Studies
- FA: Fine Arts
- FRAN: French and Francophone Studies
- GDS: Global Development Studies
- GEOG: Geography
- GMST: Germanic Studies
- GNDR: Gender Studies
- GREE: Greek
- GRS: Greek and Roman Studies
- HDCC: Human Dimensions of Climate Change
- HINF: Health Information Science
- HLTH: Health
- HS: Health and Society
- HSD: Human and Social Development
- HSTR: History
- HUMA: Humanities
- IB: International Business
- ICDG: Indigenous Community Development and Governance
- IED: Indigenous Education
- IGOV: Indigenous Governance
- INGH: Indigenous Health Studies
- INTS: International Health Studies
- IS: Indigenous Studies
- ISP: Intercultural Studies and Practice
- ITAL: Italian
- LAS: Latin American Studies
- LATI: Latin
- LAW: Law
- LING: Linguistics
- MATH: Mathematics
- MDIA: Media Studies
- MECH: Mechanical Engineering
- MEDI: Medieval Studies
- MEDS: Medical Science
- MICR: Microbiology
- MRNE: Marine Science
- MUS: Music
- NURS: Nursing
- PAAS: Pacific and Asian Studies
- PHIL: Philosophy
- PHYS: Physics
- POLI: Political Science
- PORT: Portuguese
- PSYC: Psychology
- RCS: Religion, Culture and Society
- SCIE: Science
- SENG: Software Engineering
- SJS: Social Justice Studies
- SLST: Slavic Studies
- SMGT: Service Management
- SOCI: Sociology
- SOCW: Social Work
- SOSC: Social Science
- SPAN: Spanish
- STAT: Statistics
- TCA: Transformative Climate Action
- THEA: Theatre
- TS: Technology and Society
- VIRS: Visiting International Research Studies
- VKUR: Valerie Kuehne Undergraduate Research Award
- WRIT: Writing
- LAS200: Latin America
- LAS304: Indigenous Latin America, Eco and Social Justice (in English)
- LAS307: Latin American Culture Through Music (in English)
- LAS320: Experiential Learning
- LAS325: Anthropology of South America
- LAS351: Topics in Latin American Studies
- LAS371: Anthropology of Mexico
- LAS372: Latin American Politics
- LAS376A: Conquest and Rebellion in Latin America, 1492 - 1783
- LAS376B: The Struggle for Independence in Latin America, 1767-1867
- LAS376C: Revolutions and Dictators in 20th-century Latin America
- LAS376D: The Women of Latin America
- LAS376E: History of the Aztecs, Inka and Maya
- LAS381: Politics of Mass Media in Latin America
- LAS390: Hispanic Literature
- LAS400: Special Topics in Latin American Studies (in English)
- LAS408B: Advanced Topics in Latin American Culture
- LAS476: Seminar in Latin America
- LAS477: Indigenous, Mestizo and Spanish Accounts of the Conquest
- LAS483B: Latin American Fiction from the "Boom" to the Present
- LAS483C: Modern Latin American Literature and the Arts
- LAS485B: Latin American Film (in English)
- LAS495: Directed Reading
- LAS499: Honours Graduating Essay
LAS483B
Latin American Fiction from the "Boom" to the Present
Introduces students to recent developments in Latin American literature since the late 1950s to the present. Covers post-boom writers, testimonial literature, the rise of literature by women in the 1980s, movements such as McOndo, Crack and narcoliterature. Works are discussed in the context of the changing cultural and socioeconomic landscape of Latin America in the last decades.
Lecture: 3h
Lab: 0h
Tutorial: 0h
Credits: 1.5