Apl. Prof. Dr. Angelika Köhler Winter Semester 2012/13

MAGICAL REALISM

Monday, 1.00 p.m. – 2.30 p.m. Zeunerstr. 1, 418

S Y L L A B U S

October 08 Magical Realism: An Introduction

October 15 Magical Realism and Film: Isabel Allende The House of the Spirits

(1982/1993)

October 22 Magical Realism and Art: Frida Kahlo Georgia O`Keefe Sandra Ortiz Taylor

October 29 Approaches to a Definition: Foundations, Terms, Characteristics

November 05 The Magical and the Fantastic

November 12 Contemporary Short Stories

Elva Treviño Hart "Beyond Eternity"

Daniel A. Olivas "The Plumed Serpent of Los Angeles"

Kelly Jácquez "Michelle’s Miracle"

November 19 Tomás Rivera…y no se lo tragó la tierraAnd the Earth Did Not Devour Him (1971)

November 26 Rudolfo Anaya: Bless Me, Ultima (1972)

Decermber 03 Ron Arias The Road to Tamazunchale (1987)

December 10 Cherrie Moraga Heroes and Saints (1992)

December 17 Margaret Atwood The Robber Bride (1993)

January 07 Kathleen Alcalá Spirits of the Ordinary. A Tale of Casas Grandes

(1997)

January 14 Karen Tei Yamashita Tropic of Orange (1997)

January 21 Salvador Plascencia The People of Paper (2005)

January 28 Opening up New Frontiers:The Experimental Potential of Magical Realism

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