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Academic Year 2002/2003
Conquest and Resistance: A Cultural History of Chiapas
SPAN 269 FA
This course will examine the representation and formation of Chiapas (Mexico) from colonization in the 16th century through to the Zapatista uprising of January 1994. Through the analysis of the sacred book of Mayan
myth,
Spanish and indigenous accounts of conquest, government, and rebellion, 19th-century travel narratives, as well as twentieth century novels, short stories, and essays, the course will construct a critical genealogy of a
culturally
coherent zone which has challenged colonial and national configurations for centuries and is now striving to define itself in the face of globalism.
MAJOR READINGS
EL LIBRO DE CHILAM BALAM DE CHUMAYEL;
Leon Portilla: LITERATURE MAYA; EL REVERSO DE LA CONQUISTA; LITERATURAS INDIGENAS DE MEXICO; TIEMPO Y REALIDAD EN EL PENSAMIENTO MAYA
Pedro de Alvarado: AN ACCOUNT OF THE
CONQUEST OF GUATELMALA IN 1524; COPIA
DE DOS CARTAS MANUSCRITAS DIRIGIDAS A HERNANDO CORTES
Fray Antonio de Remesal: HISTORIA DE LA PROVINCIA DE SAN VICENTE DE CHIAPA, UNA DE LAS DE GUATEMALA;
HISTORIA GENERAL DE LAS INDIAS OCCIDENTALES Y PARTICULAR DE
LAS PROVINCIAS DEL MANCHE Y
LACANDON
Jan de Vos: LA BATALLA DEL SUMIDERO: ANTOLOGIA DE DOCUMENTOS RELATIVOS A LA REBELION DE LOS CHIAPANECOS, 1524-1534
Anon.: EL PRIMER SOLDADO LLEGO A CHAMULA EN 1524
Enrique Dussel: LA IGLESIA EN AMERICA
LATINA
Marcos Encino Gomez: CUEN
TOS Y RELATOS INDIGENAS (TZOTZILES)
Robert M. Laughlin: OF CABBAGES AND KINGS: TALES FROM ZINACANTAN
John Lloyd Stephens: INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL IN CENTRAL AMERICA, CHIAPAS, AND YUCATAN
Rosario Castellanos:
ANTOLOGIA DE CUENTOS CHIAPANECOS; OFICIO D
E TINIEBLAS
Miguel Angel Asturias: HOMBRES DE MAIZ
Subcomandante Marcos: YO, MARCOS
Anon.: MUJERES DE MAIZ; EZLN
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Three essays and a final paper.
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:
SPAN221
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Last Updated on MAR-18-2003
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