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RMST 202 Literatures and Cultures of the Romance World II: Modern to Post-Modern
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  • Welcome to RMST 202

    An introduction to the main themes that shaped the Romance World in the age of the nation state, imperialism, colonization, and decolonization.

A World of Difference

If the hallmark of literary representation is that it is an unfaithful representation of the real, then perhaps the most literary texts are those that betray (disclose or let slip) that infidelity even as they indulge in it themselves.

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