Span 322-Masterpiecs of Hispanic Literature
Course Description
Latin America & the CaribbeanReading and discussion of selected masterworks of literature as they reflect the historical, political, and social context of the Latin American and Caribbean experience. Students are introduced to critically reading, writing, and discussing the form and content of these literary masterpieces. Taught in Spanish.
Course Narrative
In this class we read literature from a multitude of the most influential authors from Latin America, starting from the time of pre-Columbus to the 20th century. In addition to reading their literature we also learned about the political or historical context during that time. The political and historical context oftentimes gave motivation to the authors in their writings. By studying literature across multiple centuries, we also better understood the importance of each literary movement. Some of the movements which I personally liked reading from were "El Siglo de Oro", the Romanticism, and the Modernist movements. A few of the authors who stood out to me most were Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi, Delmira Agustini and Rubén Darío. In this class I read "El Cisne'' by Rubén Darío for the first time, which was obviously very impactful to me as it was the main motivation behind my Capstone project . I also read the short novel, Pedro Paramo, by Juan Rulfo, which was a very entertaining read. It followed a newly dead man on his journey to find his father. What was most interesting about this novel was the omniscient narration, I was able to imagine myself following behind Juan traveling Mexico. For my final paper, I wrote on this novel, which can be seen below. In the study of these authors and movements we were expected to read, speak and write completely in Spanish. This expectation improved the fluidity of my Language skills. This class meets with MLO 3 of Literary and Cultural Knowledge.
Below is the final paper I wrote on Pedro Paramo.
Latin America & the CaribbeanReading and discussion of selected masterworks of literature as they reflect the historical, political, and social context of the Latin American and Caribbean experience. Students are introduced to critically reading, writing, and discussing the form and content of these literary masterpieces. Taught in Spanish.
Course Narrative
In this class we read literature from a multitude of the most influential authors from Latin America, starting from the time of pre-Columbus to the 20th century. In addition to reading their literature we also learned about the political or historical context during that time. The political and historical context oftentimes gave motivation to the authors in their writings. By studying literature across multiple centuries, we also better understood the importance of each literary movement. Some of the movements which I personally liked reading from were "El Siglo de Oro", the Romanticism, and the Modernist movements. A few of the authors who stood out to me most were Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi, Delmira Agustini and Rubén Darío. In this class I read "El Cisne'' by Rubén Darío for the first time, which was obviously very impactful to me as it was the main motivation behind my Capstone project . I also read the short novel, Pedro Paramo, by Juan Rulfo, which was a very entertaining read. It followed a newly dead man on his journey to find his father. What was most interesting about this novel was the omniscient narration, I was able to imagine myself following behind Juan traveling Mexico. For my final paper, I wrote on this novel, which can be seen below. In the study of these authors and movements we were expected to read, speak and write completely in Spanish. This expectation improved the fluidity of my Language skills. This class meets with MLO 3 of Literary and Cultural Knowledge.
Below is the final paper I wrote on Pedro Paramo.
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