A course specifically designed to enable students who have no knowledge of Spanish to read and discover those Latin American authors currently attracting world-wide attention. Among the texts to be discussed: Borges, Labyrinths; Cort#zar, Blow-up and Hopscotch; lesser works by Fuentes and Puig; and by Nobel Prize-winner Gabriel Garc#a M#rquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude. Requirements: class participation, two brief papers, a midterm, and a final exam. Does not carry credit for the Spanish major.