Spanish 485: Literature of
Fall 2001
TR
Department
of Modern and Classical Languages
Requirements:
Spanish 300, 390 (311), and 452, or permission of instructor.
Course description:
This is
a three-credit one-semester survey course on the literature of
Objectives:
You
will read a variety of texts from poetry to short stories and essays. Special attention will be given to the
literary, historic, and socio-political context in which the texts were
written. The course will include writers
accepted by the literary canon as well as innovative and marginal voices. The goal is to introduce you to the
predominant topics in Spanish American intellectual and political debates
during this period, and a broader understanding of Spanish American culture.
Required Texts:
·
At the bookstore: Garganigo et al. Huellas de las literaturas hispanoamericanas
·
There is also a course packet that you must buy at
the Course Copy Room in the
Course Policies:
1.
Class participation will be part of the final
grade. I don't expect you to completely
understand what you read on your own, and you shouldn't be discouraged if you
don't grasp the "meaning" all at once. The in-depth discussion of the texts will be
done in class, but you must be able to participate in the discussion and
contribute your ideas at all times.
2.
At the end of the selection on each writer in the
textbook there is a section called "Reflection and Analysis." You must answer the questions and bring them
to class on the day that we discuss the writers that are indicated below on the
schedule. Your answers must be typed and
double-spaced. This homework is
mandatory, and will not be accepted after the date on which it is due.
2. You are also expected to attend all classes
and to be on time. It is very disruptive
when you are late, both to your classmates and to your instructor. A roll will be signed at each class meeting. Classes, quizzes, and exams missed cannot be
made up.
Grading Policy:
The
final grade will be determined on the basis of the following:
1.
Preparation of homework assignments, class
participation, and attendance: 20%
2.
3 quizzes, testing you on factual material from
the texts and literary terms: 10% each
2. 2 scheduled tests: 15% each
3. Final Exam: 20%
Honor Code: All
written assignments, quizzes and examinations must be done independently. Please read your college catalog for
information on
Schedule:
28 August Introduction
to the idea of a Spanish American literary "tradition." Read Gabriel García Márquez, “Los funerales
de la Mamá Grande” en Huellas
30 August Discuss reading. Introduction to the culture and "literatures" of Native
American cultures at the time of conquest and colonization. Read: "La literatura náhuatl" and
náhuatl poems 8-21; "La literatura maya" and the story "los
dzules"; and "La literatura quechua"
and "Oración primera"
4
September Discuss
reading. Introduction
to the texts of the "discovery" and conquest period of the
6 September No class. I am on a panel at the annual meeting of the
Latin American Studies Association this morning. Class will be made up during reading days.
11
September Discuss reading. Lecture on the conquest of
13 September First
Quiz. Lecture on
revisionist conquest history. Film: Cabeza de Vaca. Read: Bernal Díaz del Castillo, “La historia verdadera de la conquista de la
Nueva España.”
18
September Discuss
reading. Read: Bartolomé de Las Casas,
"Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las
20
September Discuss
reading. Introduction
to the conquest of
25
September Discuss Garcilaso. Transparencies on sections of Guaman Poma de Ayala, Nueva Corónica y Buen Gobierno. Review for first exam.
27 September First Exam. Introduction to Sor Juana
Inés de la Cruz and the colonial Baroque. Read: Material on the Baroque
in Huellas
2 October Discussion on the Baroque. Film: I,
The Worst of All.
Read: “Carta” de Sor Juana
4 October Discussion of
reading. Lecture on Early
Modern Lyric Poetry: Petrarch, Garcilaso de la Vega, Góngora and Sor Juana Inés
de la Cruz. Read: the poems of Bernardo
de Balbuena and Juan
9
October
11
October Discuss Balbuena and
Caviedes. Poetry of Sor Juana
16 October Discuss Sor
Juana’s poetry. Homework:
study the colonial Baroque for quiz
18 October Quiz on the Baroque. Introduction to the Enlightenment. Neoclassicism in
23
October Discuss
reading. Read: José Joaquín de Lizardi, Don Catrín de la Fachenda
25
October Discuss Lizardi. Introduction to the
independence of
30
October Discuss
1 November Second Exam. Introduction to Romanticism
in
6 November Discussion of reading. Lecture on
Romanticism and dictatorships in
8
November Discuss
reading. Lecture on Domingo Faustino
Sarmiento, Facundo
13 November Discussion of
reading. Continue reading
Sarmiento.
15 November Discussion
of Sarmiento. Lecture on women writers
of Romanticism. Read: Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, poems
20 November Quiz on Romanticism. Lecture on the genre of the national romance
novel. Read: Gómez de Avellaneda, Sab
22
November Thanksgiving Vacation
27
November Discuss Sab. Lecture on José Hernández
and the cult of the gaucho in
29 November Discuss
Hernández. Continue reading Martín Fierro.
4
December Discuss Hernández. Lecture
on José Martí. Read: poems by José Martí
6
December Discuss Martí. Homework: Study for final exam
11
December Review for final exam.
13 December Final exam,