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Now that Carlos Fuentes has written his history of the Latin American novel, that a biography of Garcia Marquez is out and several retrospective studies on the making and impact of the "boom" are circulating, it is time to reconsider the boom as a force in the making of the cannon and a paradigm for narrative interpretation. Besides three long critical studies and the MLA's "how to teach the boom, the seminar will consider in detail three key novels: La muerte de Artemio Cruz, Cien anios de soledad, and La casa verde.