Magical Realism and Postmodernity
Examines magical realism and postmodernity, focusing on the Latin-American boom. Provides a critical framework for evaluating literature, art, and movies through narrative analysis and basic research.
Summary
Past student reviews · Beatriz Botero
The course required reading books, attending every discussion section, and actively participating in discussions by asking and answering questions.
What you’ll be able to do
Identify the role of history in Latin American cultures and demonstrate its importance for understanding those cultures.
Demonstrate awareness of the ways in which Latin American culture is found in various geographic settings.
Recognize, analyze, and evaluate the intersections between culture and other socially meaningful categories, such as race, class, gender identity, ethnicity, disability, and sexuality as they appear within literary and artistic practices.
Evaluate literature, art, and movies connected to “Magical Realism” by means of various communicative, deliberative, and persuasive modes.
Demonstrate an understanding of the historical moment that we inhabit and the way in which some Latin American artists analyze it and express it.
Identify, explain, and critically analyze the making of meaning in “Magical Realism.”
Source: UW Guide
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Prerequisites
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- Sophomore standing
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Spring 2027No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
BEATRIZ BOTERO is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
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the class
Past student reviews · Beatriz Botero
Students described Beatriz Botero as energetic and passionate, with lectures structured to encourage sharing experiences and thoughts throughout the semester.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.83 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.70 GPA, 90.9% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Past student reviews · Beatriz Botero
The course required reading books, attending every discussion section, and actively participating in discussions by asking and answering questions.
Past student reviews · Beatriz Botero
Reviewers noted that the material was unexpectedly insightful and that lectures were delivered with thematic clarity, prompting attention to hidden details in passages.
Topics
- Magical realism and its cultural implications.
- The Latin-American boom and the boundaries between fiction/reality and modernity/postmodernity.
- The role of history in understanding Latin American cultures.
Skills
- Critical evaluation of literature, art, and movies using a framework for narrative analysis and basic research.
- Analyze and evaluate intersections between culture and social categories like race, class, and gender in literary and artistic practices.
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Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.
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