SPAN 1463 - BORGES SHORT STORIES

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Long Description This course focuses on the short stories of the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), with some discussion of his essays and poetry also. The short stories of Ficciones (1944) and El Aleph (1949) revolutionized the genre of the short story, and have been hugely influential in world literature, the history of science, philosophy and other fields. Attention will also be paid to the earlier stories of Historia universal de la infamia (1935) and to the stories Borges dictated after he went blind in 1955. The resources of Pitt's Borges Center (www.borges.pitt.edu) will be integral to the course. This course is taught in Spanish.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: SPAN 1250 or 1280
Course Attributes: DSAS Geographic Region General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Literature General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req., Undergraduate Research, Writing Intensive Course (WRIT)

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