The South: Literatures of the U.S. South and South America

For Jorge Luis Borges, in his story of the same title, the South is a spectral region, hovering between imagination and reality. The literatures of the U.S. South and South America enact his notion of the South. We examine the remarkable similarities between the two literatures-similarities that result from literary influence and from social, cultural, and historical circumstances. Prerequisites: previous upper-level literature course(s), relevant to your studies at Brown. Instructor permission is required and will be given after second class.