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SPAN264
Latin American Culture and Society in the Sixties: The Last Utopia
SPAN264 SP
Crosslistings: LAST261
| Section | Class Size | *Available | Times | POI | Prereq |
|---|
| 1 | 20 | 11 | Times: ..W.... 1:10PM-4:00PM; | Yes | Yes |
*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for
the Blue Add phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous
phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration.
(Last Updated on Tue Aug 10 05:00:21 EDT 1999
)
Latin America in the nineteen-sixties is a moment of both
culmination and emergence in a political and cultural sense.
The Cuban Revolution marked the eruption of something
exciting and utopian through which existing forces of change
were channeled into new configurations of the human
condition in political, social, economic, cultural and even
erotic terms. The "new man" (woman?) was at the center of an
insurrectionary founding myth (personified by Che Guevara)
inspiring poetry, song, narrative, visual art, film and
subversion. At the same time, the decade witnessed the
emergence of a publishing industry which produced new,
culture-modeling magazines, new forms of cultural
circulation and consumption and the so-called "boom" in
Latin American literature, marked emblematically by the
best-selling ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE (1967). In this
broadly interdisciplinary course we shall combine history,
literature, film, music, and political thought to produce
our own reconstruction of a dazzling moment whose legacy is
highly problematic.
MAJOR READINGS
Magazines of the sixties (such as PRIMA
PLANA and MARCHA)
Guevara, Che, NOTAS DE VIAJE (sel.) and PASAJES DE LA
GUERRA REVOLUCIONARIA (sel.)
Castaneda, Jorge, COMPANERO, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CHE
GUEVARA (sel.)
Castro, Fidel, LA HISTORIA ME ABSOLVERA (sel.)
Garcia Marquez, G., CIEN ANOS DE SOLEDAD
Cortazar, Julio, TODOS LOS FUEGOS EL FUEGO (sel.) and other
selected stories
Borges, Jorge Luis, EL INFORME DE BRODIE
Peri Rossi, Cristina, LOS MUSEOS ABANDONADOS (sel.)
Neruda, Pablo, MEMORIAL DE ISLA NEGRA (sel.)
Paz, Octavio, POSDATA (EL LABERINTO DE LA SOLEDAD)
Poniatowska, Elena, LA NOCHE DE TLATELOLCO (sel.)
Cabezas, Omar, LA MONTANA ES ALGO MAS QUE UNA IMMENSA ESTEPA
VERDE (sel.)
Barrios de Chungara, D., SI ME PERMITEN HABLAR...(sel.)
Songs by Violeta Parra, Daniel Viglieti, Maria Elena Walsh,
Nacha Guevara and others. Selected films.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Papers, class presentations,
final exam.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
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.
Permission of Instructor. SPAN264 is intended for students
who have completed SPAN226 with a B or better. Students who
have not done so should consult with the professor before
preregistering. Readings, class discussion and written work
in Spanish only.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA RLIT
Prerequisites:
SPAN226
- Section 01
- Sorensen, D
- Times: ..W.... 1:10PM- 4:00PM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 2, So: 3, Fr: 4
- Major Preference Given
- Permission of Instructor Required.
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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