University Course Description 

This class is an advanced literature survey course that is designed to give students a wide scope of readings from the beginning of the 20th century to more recent texts that have shaped Latin America’s social, cultural and literary history. This course challenges students to think critically about issues of race, class, gender, culture and identity to understand contemporary Latin America through representative literary texts. 

This intellectually rigorous course is concerned with Latin America’s redefinition of itself, its societies and diverse national identities, with particular attention given to the relationship between literature, social change, cultural colonization and globalization. 

The goal of this course is to expose students to a variety of Latin American literature and to encourage them to critically think, read and write while synthesizing the historical and cultural aspects impacting this type of literature. We begin by problematizing terms like “America”, “Americano” and “Latin America” from the perspective of individual Spanish speaking countries who continue to redefine, challenge and question these terms in light of both internal and global changes. 

Emphasis will be given to the moments in the twentieth century during which the exchange between the New World and the Old created a wholly new way of communicating human experience. The goal of this course is to enable each student to acquire the skill necessary for the enjoyment of serious examination of literary and cultural issues in a foreign language 

Course Prerequisites 

Se requiere que el estudiante domine un nivel de español propio de un aula universitaria. Por lo mismo el requisito para acceder al curso es que el estudiante tenga un nivel High Advanced, Superior, Native o esté cursando al mismo tiempo el curso de “Advanced Spanish” en el programa de ISA Cusco. 

 

Student Learning Outcomes 

Read and analyze texts in terms of literary meaning, theory and concepts. 

Write essays that demonstrate critical thinking based on a close reading and scholarly analyses of the selected texts. 

Determine a research topic for the purposes of further exploring a literary text and utilizing appropriate literary criticism. 

 Identify specific Latin American writers with their respective works and recognize and appreciate their correlation to historical, economic, cultural, and social events of the time. 

Develop the ability to establish connections to think and explain ways in which a particular literary work shapes and/or is shaped by the historical, social and cultural circumstances in which it was produced. 

Engage in thoughtful discussion of the literature and history with classmates for the purposes of deeper understanding. 

No es necesario comprar un libro para esta clase. El material de lectura será entregado a  los estudiantes a lo largo del curso. 

 

Grading Scale 

 

Grading Scale (%) 

 

90-100 

A 

 

80 - 89 

B 

 

70 - 79 

C 

 

60 - 69 

D 

 

0 - 59 

F 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grade Categories and Weights 

 

Assessment 

Percent of Final Grade 

Quiz 1 

15% 

Quiz 2 

15% 

Examen final 

30% 

Composiciones y presentación oral 

30% 

Participación y Asistencia 

10% 

 

Course Schedule 

 

BLOQUE 

SESIÓN Y LECTURA 

TEMPORALIDAD 

 

 

  

EL  MOVIMIENTO   

              MODERNISTA:   

LA  EXPRESIÓN  HISPÁNICA  DE  LA  CRISIS  UNIVERSAL  DECIMONÓNICA   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tema: Crisis  finisecular,  modernidad  frente  a  modernismo.  Vigencia  del  término.   

   

LECTURA: El  rey  burgués,  Rubén  Darío.   

 

   

 

Sesiones 1 y 2 

Tema: Entre  el  Romanticismo  y  el  Modernismo: José  Martí.   

Tema:  José  Martí  y  la  revolución  doble   

   

LECTURA: Poemas  de  Ismaelillo  /  Versos  sencillos  /  Versos  libres.   

José  Martí.  (1853 –  1895).   

 

 

 

 

Sesión 3 

Tema: José  Asunción  Silva: “yo  no  quiero  decir  sino  sugerir”.   

   

LECTURA: Selección  de  versos  de  "Nocturno  III”.  José  Asunción  Silva.  (1865  –  1896).   

   

 

 

Sesión 4 

Tema: La  segunda  generación  modernista:   

Rubén  Darío.  El  camino  de  ida.   

Tema:  Rubén  Darío,  el  camino  de  vuelta.   

   

LECTURA:  Poemas  de  Azul…  /  Prosas  profanas  /  Cantos  de  vida  y  esperanza.  Rubén  Darío.  (1867  –  1916).     

   

 

 

Sesión 5 

Tema: La  poesía  femenina  del modernismo:  los  casos  de  Delmira  Augustini y  María  Eugenia  Vaz.     

   

LECTURA:  Selección  de  poemas  de     Delmira  Agustini  y  María  Eugenia  Vaz.     

   

 

 

 

Sesiones 6 y 7 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

II.   

POESÍA  HISPANOAMERICANA  DEL  SIGLO  XX:  REVOLUCIÓN,VANGUARDIA Y  COMPROMISO 

Tema:  “Tú  me  quieres  alba”,  Alfonsina  Storni:  vida,  talento  y  soledad.   

LECTURA:  Selección  de  poemas  (1916  -­‐  1938).  Capricho  II  /  La  inquietud  del  rosal.  Alfonsina  Storni.  (1892  –  1938).  

 

 

 

Tema:  La  desolación  de  Gabriela  Mistral   

LECTURA:  Selección  de  poemas.  Desolación  (1922)  /  Ternura  (1924)  /  Tala  (1938)  /  Lagar  (1954).     

Gabriela  Mistral.  (1889  –  1957).     

 

 

 

 

 

Sesión 8 

Tema:                                                                                                                         Vicente  Huidobro  o  la  palabra  creadora 

LECTURA:  Selección  de  poemas.  Altazor  o  el  viaje  en  paracaídas   

(1931).  Vicente  Huidobro.  (1893  –  1948).     

 

 

 

Sesión 9 

Tema:   

Los  cuatro  Pablo  Neruda:  del  joven  poeta chileno  al  surrealismo,  vanguardia  y  aislamiento  de  las  “Residencias”   

Tema:  Los  cuatro  Pablo  Neruda:  de  la            Guerra  Civil  Española  y  la  voz  de  los  “sin  voz”  al  poeta  de  las  cosas.   

LECTURA:  Selección  de  poemas:                                         Crepusculario  (1923)  /   

Residencia  en  la  Tierra  (1925- 1931)  /  España  en  el  corazón  (1937)  /         La  rosa  separada  (1972).  Pablo  Neruda.    (1904  –  1973).     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sesiones 10 y 11 

Tema:  Nicanor  Parra,  la  materia  poética  en  el  “antipoema”.   

   

Tema:  Nicanor  y  Violeta,  revitalizando  el  canto  popular  chileno.     

   

LECTURA:  Selección  de  poemas  de  Páginas  en  blanco.  Antología  poética.  

 Nicanor  Parra.  (1914  –  2018).     

 

 

 

Sesión 12 

 

Tema:  El  lenguaje  de  “la  otra”.  Las  expresiones  poéticas  del  cuerpo  y  lo  abyecto  en  la  poesía  hispanoamericana.   

   

LECTURA:  Selección  de  poemas  de  De  la  costilla  de  Eva  (1986).  Gioconda  Belli  y   

fragmentos  de  Cadáveres  (1981).   

Néstor   Perlongher.     

 

 

 

 

Sesiones 13 y 14 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

III.  PROSA  HISPANOAMERICANA  DEL  SIGLO  XX:   

UNA  APROXIMACIÓN  A  LA  FRONTERA   

ENTRE  LA  FICCIÓN  Y  LA  REALIDAD   

 

Tema:  Jorge  Luis  Borges,  claves  ideológicas:  idealismo  platónico,  empirismo  inglés,    escepticismo    y    el    valor  de  la ambigüedad  en  la  literatura.   

   

Tema:  Borges  y  la  mirada  estrábica  o  el  ensayo  como  argumento  imaginario.  La  ficción  de  la  memoria.   

LECTURA: “El  Sur”,  “Funes  el  memorioso”.   

Ficciones  (1956).  Jorge  Luis  Borges  

(1899  –  1986).   

White  Christmas,  en  Black  Mirror  

 (2014),  White  Bear  en  Black  Mirror  

 (2013).   

 

 

 

 

 

Sesiones 16, 17  

Tema:   

El  juego  de  Julio  Cortázar: miedos,  sueños  y  obsesiones.   

Tema:  ¿Es  Julio  Cortázar  un  surrealista?  LECTURA:  “La  salud  de  los  enfermos”,   

“La  isla  al  mediodía”.   

Todos  los  fuegos  el  fuegos  (1966).   

Julio  Cortázar.  (1914  –  1984).     

 

 

 

 

 

Sesión 18 

Tema:  Gabriel  García  Márquez, la  novela  circular.     

LECTURA:  El  ahogado  más  hermoso  del  mundo  (1968)  /  La  increíble  y  triste  historia  de  la  cándida  Eréndira  y  de  su  abuela  desalmada  (1976).  Gabriel  García  Márquez.  (1927  –  2014).     

 

 

 

Sesión 19 

Tema:  Mario  Vargas  Llosa,  el  oficio  del  escribidor:  entre  el  mito  y  la  realidad.   

LECTURA: “El  Catobeplas”,  en  Cartas          a  un  joven  novelista  (1997).   

Mario  Vargas  Llosa.  (1936).     

 

 

Sesión 20 

 

Tema:  Luisa  Valenzuela,  voz  femenina  y  represión  política:  la  palabra  muda  en  “Los  censores”     

Tema:   

Cuentos  que  muerden,  mujeres  que  toman  el  lenguaje.     

LECTURA:   

“Los  censores”,  en  Donde  viven  las  águilas  (1983).   

Cuentos  de  “Cuentos  de  Hades”  en  Simetrías  (1993)  

 Luisa  Valenzuela.  (1938).     

   

 

 

 

 

 

Sesión 21 

Tema: Isabel  Allende,  ¿fenómeno  comercial  o postboom?   

   

LECTURA:  

 “Clarisa”,  en  Los  cuentos  de  Eva  Luna  (1989).  Isabel   

Allende.  (1942).     

 

 

 

Sesión 22 

  

Tema:  La  generación  McOndo:  la  narración  del  post-­‐boom  y  las   

puertas  al  siglo  XXI.   

   

Lectura:  Selección  de  cuentos  de  Se  habla  español.  Voces   

Latinas  en  USA  (2000).  Antología  de  Edmundo  Paz  Soldán  y   

Alberto  Fuget.       

 

 

 

Sesión 23 

 

 

 

(Este calendario académico está sujeto a cambios, cualquier modificación se comunicaría a los estudiantes con la adecuada antelación) 

 

Standard University Policies 

 

Policies about disability access, religious observances, academic grievances, academic integrity and misconduct, academic continuity, food insecurity, and sexual harassment are governed by a central set of policies that apply to all classes at USF. These may be accessed at: https://www.usf.edu/provost/faculty/core-syllabus-policy-statements.aspx  

 

Course Policies: Student Expectations 

 

Attendance and Punctuality: 

Attendance and punctuality are basic requirements for an effective discussion and team based course. Beyond that, each person's frequency and quality of contribution to the class discussion will be assessed and reflected in the class participation score. 

Five absences (excused or unexcused) lower the final course grade by five points (approximately a half letter grade). The final course grade will be lowered an additional five points for each class missed over and above the first three. If the student accumulates more than five unexcused absences, he/she will be placed on academic probation and the home university will be notified. In the event of an emergency or illness, students should petition for an excused absence from the professor with the appropriate documentation within a week of the absence. 

Missing a reading/video session counts as 1.5 absences, Missing a field trip counts as two absences. 

The third time a student is more than 10 minutes late to a class; it will be considered an unexcused absence. 

 

Late Work Policy: 

There are no makeups for presentations, leading reading sessions, and exams unless the student demonstrates in advance (and the Professor agrees) that a significant life-event prevents him/her from attending class or if a documented emergency is provided. The following are not acceptable excuses: scheduled flights or trips, scheduled non-emergency doctor appointments, picking up relatives or friends at the airport, etc. If a student schedules something else during a class when is to give a presentation, lead a discussion session, or take an exam, the student will get a zero for that grade. 

In the event of an excused absence, students will be expected to confer with the professor regarding the possibility of making up any missed coursework, homework and/or exams. In the event of an unexcused absence students are responsible for any missed coursework and notes, but late homework will not be accepted. 

 

Professionalism Policy: 

Bear in mind you are in a professional school, and a member of a learning community. Thus you are expected to comport yourself as a professional person. For instance, be on time for class, do not leave the class while it is in progress for other than emergencies -if you need to do so make sure you ask the professor for permission-, turn off cell phones, be respectful of others’ viewpoints even if you disagree with them, do not use improper language, do not put your feet up on your desk, raise your hand if you want to participate, and dress appropriately for a professional activity. Eating is not allowed during class. 

 

Food and Drink Policy: 

No food is allowed in the classroom. Your understanding of the necessity for this policy and cooperation will be greatly appreciated. This policy will be strictly enforced.  

 

Course Policies: Technology and Media 

 

Email: Students will receive a weekly message reminding them about content and activities for that week. 

 

Laptop Usage: Personal computers, tablets and smartphones are allowed as long as they are being used for class purposes (PDF files, Class PowerPoint slides, etc.). No phone calls/messaging are allowed during class. 

 

Important Dates to Remember 

Dates will be posted in the Planning File on Academics. 

 

Late Work Policy: Offer specifics about your policy on late work. 

Example: There are no make-ups for in-class writing, quizzes, the midterm, or the final exam. Essays turned in late will be assessed a penalty: a half-letter grade if it is one day late, or a full-letter grade for 2-7 days late. Essays will not be accepted if overdue by more than seven days. 

 

Extra Credit Policy: Offer specifics about your policy on extra credit. 

Example: There is only one extra credit assignment: building a wiki of course content (see "course wiki" below for details). If extra credit is granted, the additional points are added to the "First Midterm" portion of the semester grade. You cannot earn higher than 100% on the "First Midterm" portion of the grade; any points over 100% are not counted. 

 

 

 

*Course content subject to change