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Roberto Castillo Sandoval

This course examines with the relationship between history and literature in Spanish America through the analysis and comparison of selected historiographical and literary texts. Particular attention is paid to the ways in which historical and literary genres have interacted and influenced one another from the Discovery and Conquest through the Independence and national formation periods and the 20th century. The final class assignment consists of the writing of an original piece of historical fiction in a genre or form of the student's choice, on any event in Latin American history, regardless of whether it was among those covered in class. I provide close guidance both in the research and the writing of the piece. Topics or events may be jointly researched but must be written individually. Prerequisite: Spanish 102 or consent of instructor.
 

Latest syllabus used for this course

Spanish 207b The Fictions of Latin American History - Primavera de 1996

CALENDARIO DE LECTURAS

Semana I (22-26 de enero)

Cristóbal Colón, "Carta a Sant'Angel". "Carta del Dr. Chancas". Lectura adicional: W. J. T. Mitchell, "Representation".

Semana II (29-31 de enero, 2 de febrero)

Hernán Cortés, "Carta I a Carlos Quinto", "Carta II a Carlos Quinto". Donald E. Pease, "Author". Paper 1 due.

Semana III (5-9 de febrero)

Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, "Comentarios reales de los Incas". Hayden White, "Historical Text as Literary Artifact".

Semana IV (12-16 de febrero)

Esteban Echeverría, "El matadero"; Simón Bolívar, "Mi delirio"; Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Facundo. William Freedman, "The Literary Motif: a Definition and Evaluation.

Semana V (19-23 de febrero)

Carlos Fuentes, La campaña. Mijail Bajtín (Mikhail Bakhtin), "Epic and Novel".

Semana VI (26-28 de febrero, 1 de marzo)

Carlos Fuentes, La campaña. Re-lectura de Donald E. Pease, "Author". Paper 2 due.

Semana VII (4-8 de marzo)

Juan Rulfo, de El llano en llamas, "Nos han dado la tierra", "El hombre", "Diles que no me maten", "Luvina". Thomas McLaughlin, "Figurative Language".

Vacaciones de primavera

Semana VIII (18-20 de marzo)

Jorge Luis Borges, "El Sur", "El Aleph"; Julio Cortázar, "La noche boca arriba", "Lejana", "Axolótl", "Autopista del Sur".

22 de marzo: NO HAY CLASE.

Semana IX (25-29 de marzo)

Gabriel García Márquez, "Discurso de aceptación del Premio Nóbel", "La siesta del martes", "Un día de éstos", "Los funerales de la Mamá Grande". Alejo Carpentier, "Viaje a la semilla", "Semejante a la noche".

Semana X (1-5 de abril)

Poesía como historia: Selecciones de Pablo Neruda, Antonio Cisneros, Rosario Castellanos, José Emilio Pacheco. Paper 3 due.

Semana XI (8-12 de abril)

Isabel Allende, La casa de los espíritus. Myra Jehlen, "Gender".

Semana XII (15-19 de abril)

Isabel Allende, La casa de los espíritus. Mijail Bajtín (Mikhail Bakhtin), "Epic and Novel".

Semana XIII (22-26 de abril)

Alberto Fuguet, Mala onda. Selecciones de Yo, Rigoberta Menchú. Mitchell Leaska, "The Concept of Point of View". Paper 4 due.

Semana XIV (29 de abril, 1-3 de mayo)

Pedro Lemebel, De La esquina es mi corazón. Crónica urbana: "Tarántulas en el pelo", "Censo y Conquista (¿Y esa peluca rosada bajo la cama?)", "La música y las luces nunca se apagaron". William D. Foster, "Some proposals for the study of Latin American Gay Culture".

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