SPAN 322: Masterpieces of Hispanic Literature: Latin America & the Caribbean
Course description:
Reading and discussion of selected masterworks of literature as they reflect the historical, political, and social context of the Latin American and Caribbean experience. Students are introduced to critically reading, writing, and discussing the form and content of these literary masterpieces. Taught in Spanish. (Prereq: SPAN 304 with a C- or better)
This course meets MLO 3
Reading and discussion of selected masterworks of literature as they reflect the historical, political, and social context of the Latin American and Caribbean experience. Students are introduced to critically reading, writing, and discussing the form and content of these literary masterpieces. Taught in Spanish. (Prereq: SPAN 304 with a C- or better)
This course meets MLO 3
Course Reflective Narrative:
In the very first week of class, we had begun the intense literature analysis, which was one of course's objective. We read pieces of literature that covered; historical, political and social context among the Latin American and Caribbean culture (MLO 3). To cover the literature we began with pieces that were written in the past by very renown authors, such as; Sor Juana de la Cruz, Pablo Neruda, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento and Mariano Azuela. Every literature piece and author represented the historical and political context of their era, especially if their work was published during difficult political times. The difference seen in this course compared to the other literature classes, Spanish 306 and Spanish 330, we did not cover contemporary work. The reason for the focus being on older pieces was because it gave a much more deep overview of how literature played part of the lives of many Latin American and Caribbean authors also to compare their success before any recognitions. During the class there was a lot of pieces that we analyzed, but I decided to do a presentation on one of Mariano Azuela's book Los de abajo, published in 1929 and recognized as one of the first books reflecting over the Mexican Revolution. Throughout my presence in this course, I discovered a new way of studying while being out of class and maintain focus, in order to complete the course's requirement, a deep understanding and capacity of perming a critical analysis. I along with my classmates made great use of our technology, as I did not only use to it to create study guides, but also take down notes. The strategy used here had the purpose of allowing for all to share their perspective on the literature analyzed, study for certain exams and quizzes given. There was a good turnout on the studying strategy used in this course, therefore I continue to use technology to share study guides with classmates and keep an order: to ease the search for reviews on every topic covered in courses.
In the very first week of class, we had begun the intense literature analysis, which was one of course's objective. We read pieces of literature that covered; historical, political and social context among the Latin American and Caribbean culture (MLO 3). To cover the literature we began with pieces that were written in the past by very renown authors, such as; Sor Juana de la Cruz, Pablo Neruda, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento and Mariano Azuela. Every literature piece and author represented the historical and political context of their era, especially if their work was published during difficult political times. The difference seen in this course compared to the other literature classes, Spanish 306 and Spanish 330, we did not cover contemporary work. The reason for the focus being on older pieces was because it gave a much more deep overview of how literature played part of the lives of many Latin American and Caribbean authors also to compare their success before any recognitions. During the class there was a lot of pieces that we analyzed, but I decided to do a presentation on one of Mariano Azuela's book Los de abajo, published in 1929 and recognized as one of the first books reflecting over the Mexican Revolution. Throughout my presence in this course, I discovered a new way of studying while being out of class and maintain focus, in order to complete the course's requirement, a deep understanding and capacity of perming a critical analysis. I along with my classmates made great use of our technology, as I did not only use to it to create study guides, but also take down notes. The strategy used here had the purpose of allowing for all to share their perspective on the literature analyzed, study for certain exams and quizzes given. There was a good turnout on the studying strategy used in this course, therefore I continue to use technology to share study guides with classmates and keep an order: to ease the search for reviews on every topic covered in courses.