Introduction to European and Latin American Fiction: Great Books on the Page and on the Screen

A black and white illustration of a woman sitting on a bench, reaching towards a man standing in front of her. In the background is a statue of a cherub.

An illustration of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos from Les Liaisons dangereuses. Along with reading the book, students in this course also watched two modern film adaptations. (Image is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and in the public domain.)

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MIT Course Number

21L.019

As Taught In

Spring 2017

Level

Undergraduate

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Course Description

This subject serves as a broad introduction to the field of European and Latin American fiction. It is designed to help students acquire a general understanding of major fictional modes. We will pay attention not only to the literary movements these works represent, but also to the subtle interplay of history, geography, language and cultural norms that gave rise to specific literary forms. The books we read in this course are compelling, and film versions of five of the works we read give variety to the course and time to think about the interplay of film and print.

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Margery Resnick. 21L.019 Introduction to European and Latin American Fiction: Great Books on the Page and on the Screen. Spring 2017. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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