SPAN 314 Latin American Women's Voices in Fiction and Film

How do Latin American women writers and film-makers use language and sound? This course analyzes questions of social critique and the use of language in the short stories of Uruguayan writer Cristina Peri Rossi PuertoRican writer Rosario Ferré and Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector as well as the use of voice music and mise-en-scéne in films by Latin American directors Gabriela David Maria Luisa Bemberg and Susana Amaral.