Colonial and Nineteenth-Century Latin American Literature in Spanish
Spanish Studies · 3 hrs Lecture
Offered: Fall Or Winter
SPAN-3186 prerequisites
We couldn't read this course's prerequisites into a chain. The wording is under “Requisite courses” below.
Description
This course provides a chronological survey of Latin American literature from the end of the 15th century, the age of Spanish colonization, to the 19th century, the heyday and decline of realism and naturalism. Literary movements and their social, political and historical contexts are examined through the analysis of representative texts. Selections are drawn from such authors as Bernal Díaz del Castillo (Spain), El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (Peru), Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (Mexico), Simón Bolívar (Venezuela), Esteban Echeverría (Argentina), Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (Cuba), and Daniel Riquelme (Chile).
Requisite courses
Any 9 credit hours in Spanish Studies above the 1000 level or permission of the instructor [prerequisite(s)].
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