SPA 346 GROWING UP IN LATIN AMERICA

An interpretation of Latin American reality through the diverse portraits of youthful development. A study of the realities of coming of age in Latin America from Mexico to Chile, the confrontation with society and capitalist values and issues of gender, culture, and class struggle. Works to be examined from a selection of authors, including the following: Isabel Allende, Julia Álvarez, Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel García Márquez, Martín Kohan, Edmundo Paz Soldán, Elena Poniatowska, and Mario Vargas Llosa.