Re: Suggested Novel for Intro to LA Studies Course?

Vera M. Britto (fiatlux@umich.edu)
Wed, 26 Mar 1997 14:03:00 -0500 (EST)

house of spirits - by chilean author (my mind is blank)
and instructions for john howell (short story by
julio cortazar - plus any collection of his). although not a novel per se,
i, rigoberta menchu (mix auto/biography). for
a "personal is political" short story "Tia Matilde"
by Jose Donoso (chile).

Vera Britto
(fiatlux@umich.edu - http://www.umich.edu/~fiatlux)
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Le Bret: Si tu laissais un peu ton ame mousquetaire, la fortune et la
gloire... Cyrano: Et que faudrait-il faire? Chercher un protecteur
puissant, prendre un patron, et, comme un lierre obscur que circonvient
un tronc et s'en fait un tuteur en lui lechant l'ecorce, grimper par
ruse au lieu de s'elever par force? Non, merci! Non, merci! Non, merci!
Mais... chanter, rever, rire, passer, etre seul, etre libre... oui.
"Cyrano de Bergerac" - Edmond Rostand

On Mon, 24 Mar 1997 scherlenrg@conrad.appstate.edu wrote:

> Dear List Members:
>
> I will be teaching an Introduction to Latin American Studies course this
> fall. I would like to have the students read a novel (or a collection of
> short stories?). I am a political scientist, so I would especially like a
> novel with political content/overtones/etc. Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Renee Scherlen
> Dept of Political Science
> Appalachian State University
>
> scherlenrg@appstate.edu
>
>
>