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The Experience of the Country and the City in Latin Amer Literature
SPAN256 SP
Crosslistings: LAST256
The Experience of the Country and the City in Latin American Literature What forms of representation, what ideological and literary problems are intertwined with the two different realities and forms of human
organization implicit in the country and
the city as concepts? How are they mediated and transformed in the process of text production? Readings will include the different literary genres and anthropological, historical and sociological texts that will
contribute to an interdisciplinary
perspective.
MAJOR READINGS
Selections from Theocritus, Vergil and Horace in the Classical tradition; in Latin American letters:
D.F.Sarmiento, FACUNDO;
J.Hernandez, MARTIN FIERRO;
short stories by R.Dario and M.Gutierrez
Najera;
R.Guiraldes, DON SEGUNDO SOMBRA;
R.Gallegos, DONA BARBARA;
J.M.Arguedas, LOS RIOS PROFUNDOS;
J.L.Borges, FERVOR DE BUENOS AIRES, "El Sur," "La muerte y la brujula";
I. Allende, LA CASA DE LOS ESPIRITUS;
M.Traba, CONVERSCION AL SUR;
E.Lihn, A PARTIR DE MANHATTAN.
Additional selections from the theoretical writings of W.Benjamin, R.Williams, L. Mumford, G. Simmel, R.Redfield, L. Wirth, B.Sarlo, A.Rama, J.L.Romero.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Two papers, oral presentations, take-home exam.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
SPAN256 is intended for students who have completed SPAN226. Students who have not done so should consult with the professor before preregistering.
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:
HA RLAN
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
Last Updated on MAR-24-2000
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