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Academic Year 2000/2001

Texts and Nations in the Latin American Postcolonial Scene
SPAN 257 FA
Crosslistings:
LAST 257

The purpose of this seminar is to raise questions about our concepts, about modes of criticism and about literary history in a more explicit way. The course will examine the ways in which texts produce the idea of the nation after independence, the contradictions of the postcolonial predicament, and the ways in which essays, novels and poems construct the field of meanings and symbols associated with national life.

MAJOR READINGS

Selections from the works of Jose Marti, Pedro Henriquez Urena, Manuel Gonzalez Prada, Jose Carlos Mariategui, Octavio Paz, Jose E. Rodo, Domingo F. Sarmiento, Jose Hernandez, Jose Maria Arguedas, Andres Bello, Gabriela
Mistral, Gertrudis Gomez De Avellaneda, Romulo Gallegos,
Carlos Fuentes. Theory by H. Bhabha, D. Sommer, J. Ramos,
P. Chatterjee, F. Fanon, L. Gates, E. Said.
Three papers, oral presentations

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Three papers, oral presentations.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

SPAN257 is intended for students who have completed SPAN226. Students who have not done so should consult with the professor before preregistering.

Readings, class discussion, and written work in Spanish
only.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001

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