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Academic Year 2002/2003

The Novel of the Mexican Revolution
SPAN 268 SP
Crosslistings:
LAST 268

September 1910 marked both the centenary of Mexican independence and the beginning of the first mass uprising of the 20th century. It became a widespread revolution that led to hundreds of thousands of deaths, to new caudillos divided between the ideals of modernization and the structures of the colony. It produced caudillo nationalists, democrats, anarchists, socialists, Jacobins, and devotees of the Virgen de Guadalupe. In time, however, all entered the new patriotic shrine of the nation: the foundational pantheon of the Mexican Revolution. In this class we will examine the literary fabrication of this national pantheon--and therefore of the Mexican "national-popular"--through narratives dating from the first chaotic years of the revolution through to its institutionalization under Lázaro Cárdenas in the 1930s. We will also examine the "unwriting" of the pantheon as institutional revolutionary ideology entered into crisis in the 1960s.

MAJOR READINGS

Mariano Azuela, LOS DE ABAJO (El Paso, Texas, 1916)
Martín Luis Guzmán, EL AGUILA Y LA SERPIENTE (Madrid, 1928)
Agustín Vera, LA REVANCHA (San Luis Potosí, 1930)
Nellie Campobello, CARTUCHO (México, 1931)
Rafael Muñoz, SE LLEVARON EL CANON PARA BACHIMBA (México, 1931) and VAMANOS CON PANCHO VILLA! (México, 1931)
Gregorio López y Fuentes, MI GENERAL! (Mexico, 1934)
Jorge Ibarguengoitia, LOS RELAMPAGOS DE AGOSTO (Guanajuato, 1963)

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

SPAN 268 is intended for students who have completed SPAN 221. Students who have not done so should consult with the professor before preregistering. Readings, written assignments and class discussions will be in Spanish.

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/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA RLAN    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-18-2003

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