The End of the Century and the Idea of the New

This course will explore the narrative of the end, the culture of crisis, and the literary sceneries of the new aesthetics. Departing from a comparison between the "fin de siècle" and the current "end of the century," we will pass to the apocalyptic views of the millenium and focus on current essays on the topic (Calvino, Baudrillard) as well as on new trends, ideas, and narratives related to this subject in the Americas. This could be the first course on the literature of the 21st century.