You need to attend class for at least as many weeks as the number of books you are reading, plus a second week for García Márquez, as well as the first (introductory) and final (concluding) weeks. So for instance, if you choose to read eight books (for a B), you will need to attend class for 11 weeks (twice for García Márquez), including the introductory and concluding weeks. Attendance is compulsory. If you do not attend, you break your contract.
But after the introductory week, you only have to attend one class session per week. You are invited to come twice on weeks when we have two sessions on the same text (when we are reading one of the basic four: de la Parra, Borges, García Márquez, and Menchú; each session we will approach these books in different ways), but you do not have to do so.
You need to have watched the online video lecture (and any conversation videos) before you come to class. These lectures are short (around 30 minutes each) and designed to be accessible and helpful as you read the texts. Each features a question, to which we may return in class, and a drinks pairing.
Because lectures are online, our class sessions will be devoted mostly to group discussion. You need to come prepared to participate.
