Spansh American Short Novel/Novella

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This course will explore the production of the Spanish American Short Novel (Novella) of the 20th Century. Novellas are fictional, narrative prose that started developing in the early Italian and French Renaissance through Boccaccio’s Decameron and later became even more popular through Cervantes’ Novelas ejemplares. This course will examine closely the structure of this genre, paying special attention to its relationship with neighboring genres, namely the long short story, and the novel as we know it today. Additionally, this course further examines the production of Novellas by representative Spanish American authors (men and women) and how they have artistically enriched this genre throughout the twentieth century. Authors may include María Luisa Bombal, Cristina Peri Rossi, Mariano Azuela, Juan Carlos Onetti, Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel García Márquez, Carlos Fuentes, and others.