Latin American History through the Novel by Lois Zamora (U of Houston)

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source: UHouston     2009年1月26日
ENGL 4394/HIST 4366
Title: Latin American History through the Novel
Professor: Lois Zamora
Description: The Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes has asserted that the real historians in Latin America are its novelists. We will examine this premise by reading a number of novels by contemporary Latin American writers, and discussing the historical events and personages depicted therein. Our interest is in how these novelists dramatize the history of their regions, and how their fictional versions illuminate our understanding of the "real" history of Latin America.