Unit Three From the Self Conscious to the Post-Modern 
syllabus 

unit one
unit two
unit three 

Weeks 10-12

Magical realism and Latin America; from the surreal to the postmodern: tales by J-L Borges ( selections from Ficciones,Other Inquisitions.),Cortazar: (selections from All Fires the Fire;Blow-up);Calvino: selections from T-Zero, Pieyre de Mandiargues:  "The Diamond") Deutsch: "A Subway Named Moebius." modern fantastic art: Remedios Varro, M.C Escher, Jose Hernandez 

Week 13

Nightmare Rising--the Permanence of the Fantastic: Patrick Susskind: Perfume; Angela Carter: from The Bloody Chamber, feminist fairy tales and the return of the Marvelous.

Artists

Dali
Varo
Escher
Hernández

Authors

Borges
Cortázar
Süsskind
Carter

 

 

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