Course Description: This course introduces the principles of literary analysis, based on reading and discussion of Hispanic literary texts. Includes fiction, drama, essay, and poetry from Spain and Spanish America.
Course Narrative: This course was a survey of the hispanic literature throughout history. This included the multiple literary movements starting in Spain and worked its way into the modern literature of Latin America. We started off with the novel Lazarillo de Tormes and this novela picaresca was a great introduction into learning the elements of a plot and the purpose they serve in a story. We learned to label the story with the introduction, conflict, rising/ falling actions and the resolution. We did this same plot labeling throughout the course and went through literary movements like Mysticism, which involved stories in relation to religion. One of my favorite literary movements was the Generation 98' , which has to do with the loss of the Spanish-American War and featured many works that questioned religion, but also strengthened and enlightened the Spaniards. Another movement I enjoyed was the El Boom and the surrealism found within the works of Julio Cortazar. We also dived a bit into Mexican literature with the melancholy stories of Juan Rulfo. What was interesting about his story was how the endings were very anticlimactic like many instances in life. At the end of the course we wrote an analysis essay of a story and the moment in which it belonged. I analyzed De Noche Soy Tu Cabello ,por Luisa Valenzuela. More particularly the mental trauma and memory lapses caused by the stress of the military dictatorship that occurred in Argentina in the 1980's. The link to the essay can be found here.
Course Narrative: This course met MLO1 & MLO3
Course Narrative: This course was a survey of the hispanic literature throughout history. This included the multiple literary movements starting in Spain and worked its way into the modern literature of Latin America. We started off with the novel Lazarillo de Tormes and this novela picaresca was a great introduction into learning the elements of a plot and the purpose they serve in a story. We learned to label the story with the introduction, conflict, rising/ falling actions and the resolution. We did this same plot labeling throughout the course and went through literary movements like Mysticism, which involved stories in relation to religion. One of my favorite literary movements was the Generation 98' , which has to do with the loss of the Spanish-American War and featured many works that questioned religion, but also strengthened and enlightened the Spaniards. Another movement I enjoyed was the El Boom and the surrealism found within the works of Julio Cortazar. We also dived a bit into Mexican literature with the melancholy stories of Juan Rulfo. What was interesting about his story was how the endings were very anticlimactic like many instances in life. At the end of the course we wrote an analysis essay of a story and the moment in which it belonged. I analyzed De Noche Soy Tu Cabello ,por Luisa Valenzuela. More particularly the mental trauma and memory lapses caused by the stress of the military dictatorship that occurred in Argentina in the 1980's. The link to the essay can be found here.
Course Narrative: This course met MLO1 & MLO3