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This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of four semesters (or six quarters) of college-level Spanish. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.

The focus of this course is to provide students with a comprehensive overview of the development and the highlights of Latin American literature in the 20th century. Topics covered will include: Ruben Darío and the Modernismo movement; The Latin American "Boom" (with particular attention given to the fiction of García Marquez, Carlos Fuentes, and Alejo Carpentier); The short stories of Julio Cortázar and Jorge Luis Borges; The lives and contributions of nobel laureates Pablo Neruda, Gabriela Mistral and Octavio Paz. The course is conducted in Spanish and students will cultivate critical skills through in-class discussions and through the analysis of selected works by authors included in the required anthology. This course has been structured as a survey course and will promote an environment in which students are encouraged to take an active part in its development.

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES:

Reference books, authentic written texts, supportive material, and audio-visual equipment.

METHODOLOGY:

The research process and methodology of this course is based on the following procedures and assignments:

o Reading of texts of literary theory, biographies, works of specific authors (poetry, essay, and short story.)
o Discussion of the texts in class.
o Short researches about literary works.
o Final presentation about a specific theme or a specific literary work.

CONTENTS:

Concept of literature:

o The literary world.
o Traditional and contemporary literature.
o Methods of literary analysis.

o Modernism:
o Rubén Darío: Blasón, Lo Fatal, Yo soy aquel.
o José de Diego: Última cuerda, Agua de Cristo.
o Jesús María Lago: Nipón.
o Horacio Quiroga: El almohadón de plumas, La gallina degollada, A la deriva, La insolación.
o Post-modernism:
o Enrique González Martínez : Me abrazaré a la vida, Tuércele el cuello al cisne.
o Gabriela Mistral: Deshecha, Rocío.
o Delmira Agustini: La musa, Explosión.
o Juana Ibarbourou: Sol fuerte, La hora.
o Contemporary Literature:
o Jorge Luis Borges: El milagro secreto, Funes el memorioso.
o Julio Cortázar: Casa tomada, La noche boca arriba.
o Juan Rulfo: No oyes ladrar los perros, Macario, Luvina.
o Mario Benedetti: La muerte, Las persianas, Transparencia.
o Gabriel García Márquez: El amor en los tiempos del cólera, El coronel no tiene quien le escriba.
o Rosario Ferré: Cuando las mujeres quieren a los hombres.
o Juan Bosch: La mujer.
o Pablo Neruda: Poemas escogidos.
o Films: Un señor muy viejo con unas alas muy grandes (Márquez), Crónica de una muerte anunciada (Márquez), El lado oscuro del corazón (Benedetti.)
o Costa Rican Literature:
o Joaquín García Monge: La mala sombra.
o Manuel González Zeledón: La propia.
o Max Jiménez Huete: El palmitero
o Aquileo Echeverría: Concherías
o Carlos Salazar Herrera: La bocaracá, El matoneado.
o Fabián Dobles: Mamita Maura, Adelante.
o Films: La Segua (Alberto Cañas), La caja de los besitos (Alexandra Pérez), Juan Varela.

EVALUATION:

Evaluation:
Attendance 10%
Weekly written assignments 40%
Mid-term: 20%
Final exam or paper: 30%

REQUIRED TEXT(S):

Voces; Malva Filler, Eugenio Chang Rodriguez.

Students may also be required to purchase a packet of supplementary readings
selected by the instructor.