The emphasis of this month-long course will be on the study of 20th century Latin American history and its representation in major literary works. The analysis of literary texts will be based on recent theoretical developments and strongly contextualized in historical, social and cultural circumstances.
Structure, total hours and modality: The underlying themes of our studies will be revolution and dictatorship as historical processes critically presented in the Latin American novel of this century.
The course will have a total of 32 hours, distributed weekly as it follows:
A two-hour workshop each week will be devoted to the study of Latin American history from the end of XIX century up to the present. One lecture/seminar will introduce students to the analysis of literary works and will be the space for discussion and interpretation Workshops, lectures and seminars, can be taught in English or in Spanish, depending the language level of the students. In addition, an elementary, intermediate or advanced Spanish language module will be taught to students interested in enhancing their Spanish skills for a total of 32 hours.
Wednesday lecture/seminar will focus on the analysis of the readings, enriched by the information provided in lectures and workshops. Each workshop will focus on a specific historical period., An optional seminar can be organized outside the regular class hours For students interested and able to read and discuss materials in Spanish.
Students’ active participation in discussions and workshops are important requirements for receiving full credit.
The major assignment will be a 8-10-page paper based on the material presented in class and readings. During the last week students will present their papers orally to the rest of the class.
Every other week, students will have an in-class writing exercise around themes and concepts introduced in seminar, lectures and workshops.
If students have problems with any aspect of the program’s contents or activities, it is their responsibility to contact the faculty immediately in order to face difficulties squarely instead of letting them worsen.
Alegría, Ciro. Broad and Alien is the World. Trans. Harriet de Onis. New York, Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, 1988.
Asturias, Miguel Angel. El Senor Presidente. Trans. Frances Partridge. New York: Atheneum, 1963.
Burns, E. Bradford. Latin America: A Concise Interpretive History. 6th ed. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1994.
Garro, Elena. Recollections of Things to Come. Trans. Ruth.L.C. Simms. Austin: Univ. of Texas Press, 1969.
Halperin Donghi, Tulio. The Contemporary History of Latin America. Trans. J.C. Chasteen. Durham: Duke University Press, 1993.
Martinez, Tomas Eloy. The Peron Novel. Trans. Asa Zats. New York: Pantheon Books, 1988.
Ramos, Graciliano. Barren Lifes. Trans. Edward Dimmick. Austin: University of Texas Press, [1965].
From the following books, students will read articles and chapters specially prepared in a reader.
Bate, W.J., ed. Criticism: The Major Texts. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc, 1970.
Brushwood, John S. The Spanish American Novel. A Twentieth Century Survey. Austin and London: University of Texas Press, 1975.
Eagleton, Terry. Literary Theory. An Introduction. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1983.
González Echeverría, Roberto. Myth and Archive. A Theory of Latin American Narrative. New York: Cambridge Univerity Press, 1990.
Perloff, Marjorie. Postmodern Genres. Norman and London: Oklahoma Press, 1988.
Williams, Raymond L. The Postmodern Novel in Latin America. Politics, Culture and Crisis of the Truth. New York: St. martin’s Press, 1995.
Additional References
Burns, Bradford, ed. Latin America. Conflict and Creation: A Reader. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 1994.
Hahner, June E. Women in Latin American History, Their Lives and Views. Los Angeles: UCLA Center Publications, University of California, 1972.
Hanke, Lewis and Jane Rausch, eds. People and Issues in Latin American History. New York: M. Wiener Pub., 1990.
Masiello, Francine. Between Civilization and Barbarism. Women, Nation and Literary Culture in Modern Argentina. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1992.
Shumway, Nicolas. The Invention of Argentina. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1991.
Yeager, Gertrude M., ed. Confronting Change, Challenging Tradition: Women in Latin American History. Wilmington, Dela.: Scholarly Resources Inc., 1994.
Week 1
Lecture: Latin American Novel: Overview.
Seminar: Bate’ s Criticism... pp. 601-636.
Gonzalez Echeverria’s Myth and Archive... Chapter I: “A clearing in the jungle: from Santa Mónica to Macondo.”
Workshop: The beginning of the XX Century
Burns: Chapter 6, “New Actors on an Old Stage”
Donghi: Chapter 5, “Maturity of the Neocolonial Order “
Lecture: The Mexican Revolution and Its Novel
Seminar: Garro’s Recollections of the Times to Come
Week 2
Lecture: The First Decades of XX Century in Brazil: Graciliano Ramos and the Northeast
Workshop: Between Wars: From the 20s to the 50s
Burns: Chapter 7, “The Past Repudiated”
Donghi: Chapter 6, “Progress in a Stormy World”.
Seminar: Ramos’ Barren Lifes
Lecture: The Social Commitment: The Novel of the Land and Peru
Seminar: Alegria’s Broad and Alien is the World.
Workshop: In-class writing. Revision
Week 3
Lecture: The Dictatorship and Its Literary Representation.
Workshop: Second Half of the XX Century: Development and Military Regimes
Burns: Chapter 8: “Development and Democracy Frustrated”
Donghi: Chapter 7: “New Directions in the Postwar Period”.
Seminar: Asturias’ El Señor Presidente
Workshop: The 60s and 70s: Revolution and Utopia.
Burns: Chapter 9, “The Revolutionary Option”
Donghi: Chapter 8, “A Decade of Decisions”
Lecture: Literature and Revolution: The Generation of “Che”.
Week 4
Lecture: Literature and Politics: Two cases from Argentina
Workshop: The 80s and 90s in Latin America
Burns: Chapter 10: “The Enigma Remains’
Donghi: Chapter 9, “Latin America in Our Time”.
Seminar: Eloy Martinez’ The Peron Novel.
Workshop: In class writing. Revision
Seminar: Revision and closing
The emphasis of this semester-long course will be on the study of 20th century Latin American history and its representation in major literary works. The analysis of literary texts will be based on recent theoretical developments and strongly contextualized in historical, social and cultural circumstances.
Structure, total hours and modality: The underlying themes of our studies will be revolution and dictatorship as historical processes critically presented in the Latin American novel of this century.
The course will have a total of 60 hours, distributed weekly as it follows:
A two-hour workshop each week will be devoted to the study of Latin American history from the end of XIX century up to the present. One lecture/seminar will introduce students to the analysis of literary works and will be the space for discussion and interpretation Workshops, lectures and seminars, can be taught in English or in Spanish, depending the language level of the students. In addition, an elementary, intermediate or advanced Spanish language module will be taught to students interested in enhancing their Spanish skills for a total of 120 hours.
Wednesday lecture/seminar will focus on the analysis of the readings, enriched by the information provided in lectures and workshops. Each workshop will focus on a specific historical period., An optional seminar can be organized outside the regular class hours For students interested and able to read and discuss materials in Spanish.
Students’ active participation in discussions and workshops are important requirements for receiving full credit.
The major assignment will be a 8-10-page paper based on the material presented in class and readings. During the last week students will present their papers orally to the rest of the class.
Every other week, students will have an in-class writing exercise around themes and concepts introduced in seminar, lectures and workshops.
If students have problems with any aspect of the program’s contents or activities, it is their responsibility to contact the faculty immediately in order to face difficulties squarely instead of letting them worsen.
Alegría, Ciro. Broad and Alien is the World. Trans. Harriet de Onis. New York, Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, 1988.
Asturias, Miguel Angel. El Senor Presidente. Trans. Frances Partridge. New York: Atheneum, 1963.
Burns, E. Bradford. Latin America: A Concise Interpretive History. 6th ed. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1994.
Garro, Elena. Recollections of Things to Come. Trans. Ruth.L.C. Simms. Austin: Univ. of Texas Press, 1969.
Halperin Donghi, Tulio. The Contemporary History of Latin America. Trans. J.C. Chasteen. Durham: Duke University Press, 1993.
Martinez, Tomas Eloy. The Peron Novel. Trans. Asa Zats. New York: Pantheon Books, 1988.
Ramos, Graciliano. Barren Lifes. Trans. Edward Dimmick. Austin: University of Texas Press, [1965].
From the following books, students will read articles and chapters specially prepared in a reader.
Bate, W.J., ed. Criticism: The Major Texts. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc, 1970.
Brushwood, John S. The Spanish American Novel. A Twentieth Century Survey. Austin and London: University of Texas Press, 1975.
Eagleton, Terry. Literary Theory. An Introduction. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1983.
González Echeverría, Roberto. Myth and Archive. A Theory of Latin American Narrative. New York: Cambridge Univerity Press, 1990.
Perloff, Marjorie. Postmodern Genres. Norman and London: Oklahoma Press, 1988.
Williams, Raymond L. The Postmodern Novel in Latin America. Politics, Culture and Crisis of the Truth. New York: St. martin’s Press, 1995.
Additional References
Burns, Bradford, ed. Latin America. Conflict and Creation: A Reader. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 1994.
Hahner, June E. Women in Latin American History, Their Lives and Views. Los Angeles: UCLA Center Publications, University of California, 1972.
Hanke, Lewis and Jane Rausch, eds. People and Issues in Latin American History. New York: M. Wiener Pub., 1990.
Masiello, Francine. Between Civilization and Barbarism. Women, Nation and Literary Culture in Modern Argentina. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1992.
Shumway, Nicolas. The Invention of Argentina. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1991.
Yeager, Gertrude M., ed. Confronting Change, Challenging Tradition: Women in Latin American History. Wilmington, Dela.: Scholarly Resources Inc., 1994.
Weeks 1 & 2
Workshop: The last half of the XIX century.
Burns: Chapter 5, “The Emergence of the Modern State”
Donghi: Chapter 4, ‘The Emergence of the Neocolonial Order”
Lecture: Latin American Novel: Overview.
Seminar: Bate’ s Criticism... pp. 601-636.
Gonzalez Echeverria’s Myth and Archive... Chapter I: “A clearing in the jungle: from Santa Mónica to Macondo.”
Weeks 3 & 4
Workshop: The beginning of the XX Century
Burns: Chapter 6, “New Actors on an Old Stage”
Donghi: Chapter 5, “Maturity of the Neocolonial Order “
Lecture: The Mexican Revolution and Its Novel
Seminar: Garro’s Recollections of the Times to Come
Weeks 5 & 6
Workshop: Between Wars: From the 20s to the 50s
Burns: Chapter 7, “The Past Repudiated”
Donghi: Chapter 6, “Progress in a Stormy World”.
Lecture: The First Decades of XX Century in Brazil: Graciliano Ramos and the Northeast
Seminar: Ramos’ Barren Lifes
Weeks 7 &8
Workshop: In-class writing. Revision
Lecture: The Social Commitment: The Novel of the Land and Peru
Seminar: Alegria’s Broad and Alien is the World.
Weeks 9 & 10
Workshop: Second Half of the XX Century: Development and Military Regimes
Burns: Chapter 8: “Development and Democracy Frustrated”
Donghi: Chapter 7: “New Directions in the Postwar Period”.
Lecture: The Dictatorship and Its Literary Representation.
Seminar: Asturias’ El Señor Presidente
Weeks 10 and 11
Workshop: The 60s and 70s: Revolution and Utopia.
Burns: Chapter 9, “The Revolutionary Option”
Donghi: Chapter 8, “A Decade of Decisions”
Lecture: Literature and Revolution: The Generation of “Che”.
Weeks 11 & 12
Workshop: The 80s and 90s in Latin America
Burns: Chapter 10: “The Enigma Remains’
Donghi: Chapter 9, “Latin America in Our Time”.
Lecture: Literature and Politics: Two cases from Argentina
Weeks 13 & 14
Seminar: Eloy Martinez’ The Peron Novel.
Workshop: In class writing. Revision
Seminar: Revision and closing
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