MEXICAN LITERATURE
INTERMEDIATE
GENERAL OBJECTIVE:
* The student will be exposed to a general panorama of Mexican literature.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:
• Understand, criticize and evaluate literary texts
• Become acquainted with, learn and use literary analysis techniques
• Expand his/her knowledge about the Mexican culture
CONTENT:
Introduction to Literature
• What is literature?
• Where is literature?
• How does literature function?
• How do we approach literature?
Pre-Hispanic Literature
• Characteristics of Náhuatl language and literature
• Náhuatl epic: Creation of things
• Life and works of Nezahualcóyotl
• Poems by Nezahualcóyotl
16th Century - Conquest Literature
• Characteristics of literature during the conquest
• Conquest of Mexico:
o Conquistadors: Bernal Días del Castillo
o Religious: Las Casas and Benavente
o Indigenous: Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxóchitl
17th Century: Baroque
• Life in Mexico during the 17th Century
• Baroque in Mexican literature
• Life and works of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
18th Century - Romanticism
• Characteristics of Romanticism in Mexico
• Life and works of Manuel Payno
• Amor Secreto
Modernism
• Characteristics of Modernism in Mexico
• Life and works of Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera
• RIP-RIP
The Revolutionary Novel
• Characteristics of literature during the Mexican Revolution
• Life and works of Gregorio López and Fuentes
• Carta a Dios
• Life and works of Juan Rulfo
• Diles Que No Me Maten
Indigenous and Feminist Literature
• Characteristics of indigenous literature in Mexico
• Life and works of Rosario Castellanos
• La Suerte de Teodoro Mendez Acebal
• Characteristics of feminist literature in Mexico
• Life and works of Elena Poniatowska
• El Recado
ORGANIZATION:
1. Analyze the context of the literary work
2. Class lectures and explanation of vocabulary
3. Discussions
4. Conclusions
5. Alternative resources used: movies, songs, paintings, newspapers and magazines related to the literary works.
THE STUDENT WILL:
• Read about the mentioned literary texts
• Participate in class discussions and debates
• Research topics and authors
• Write several essays (submission dates will be announced in class)
• Take three exams (exam dates will be announced in class)
GRADING METHOD:
• 30% In-class work and homework
• 30% Participation
• 30% Final exam
• 10% Attendance
COURSE POLICIES:
1. The student will loose his/her right to the 10% corresponding to attendance when he/she exceeds 8 absences. In addition, his/her participation grade will also be affected.
2. Two late attendances will constitute an absence.
3. It is the student’s responsibility to read the assigned literary texts prior to the corresponding lectures.
4. The student must submit all assignments on time; no assignments will be accepted after the announced due date.
5. The student will participate and have a good attitude.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
• Chicharro Rodríguez, César (1983), Estudios de la literatura mexicana, México, UNAM, , Ed. 1
• Chorén, Josefina, Guadalupe Goicochea y Angeles Rull, Literatura Mexicana e Hispanoamericana; Publicación Cultural, Mex. 1993.
• Dominguez Michael, Christopher (1997) Tiros en el concierto: literatura mexicana del siglo V, México, Ediciones Era.
• Imbert, Anderson; Historia de la Literatura Mexicana, I y II ; Mex. 1980.
• Karl Kohut, (1995), Literatura mexicana hoy: del 68 al ocaso de la revolución, Frankfurt, Vervuert Verlag, Ed.
• Martínez José Luis (1995), La literatura mexicana del siglo XX, México, CONACULTA.
• Rodríguez Chicharro César (1983), Estudios de literatura mexicana, México, UNAM, Ed.
• San José G., Felipe (1983), La literatura mexicana: autores y sus obras desde la época prehispánica hasta la actualidad, México, Panorama, Ed.
• Trejo Villafuerte, Arturo, (1996), La esponja y la lanza: ensayos y notas sobre autores y literatura mexicana contemporánea, México, D.F., Coordinación Nacional de Descentralización, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, UNICACH
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