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21G.716

Introduction to Contemporary Hispanic Literature

Undergraduate · Historical course

Fall 2007

Topics

  • Introduction
  • Antonio Machado
  • Federico García Lorca and Evelyn Picón Garfield
  • Miguel Hernández and Gabriel Celaya
  • César Vallejo
  • La casa de Bernarda Alba
  • El laberinto del fauno
  • “El remate”
  • Felices días, Tío Sergio
  • Soldados de Salamina
  • Flores de otro mundo
  • La vida es silbar
  • Jorge Luis Borges
  • Rosario Ferré
  • Roberto Bolaño

Readings

  • Ramis, Magali García. Felices días, Tío Sergio . 13a ed. San Juan, P.R.: Editorial Cultural, 2005. ISBN: 9781567580051.
    Listed reading
  • Cercas, Javier. Soldados de Salamina . Madrid, Spain: Tusquets-Andanzas, 2001. ISBN: 9788483101612.
    Listed reading
  • Poem by Rubén Darío (Nicaragua, 1867-1916)
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  • Mareuil, Simone, and Pierre Batcheff. Un chien andalou (Un perro andaluz) , DVD. Directed by Luis Buñuel. Paris, France: 1929. Rerelease, Los Angeles, CA: Transflux Films, 2004.
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  • Poems by Antonio Machado (Spain, 1875-1939)
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  • Poems by Federico García Lorca (Spain, 1898-1936)
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  • Garfield, Evelyn Picón, and Ivan A. Schulman. “La poesía.” Chapter II in Las literaturas hispánicas: Introducción a su estudio . Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 1991, pp. 15-29 (2.1-2.20). ISBN: 9780814318638.
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  • Poems by Miguel Hernández (Spain, 1910-1942)
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  • Poems by Gabriel Celaya (Spain, 1911-1991):
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  • “Hablando en castellano” (from Cantos íberos, 1955)
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  • Poems by César Vallejo (Perú, 1892-1938)
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  • From Poemas humanos , 1939, posthumous:
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  • From España, aparta de mí este caliz, 1937:
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  • Play by Federico García Lorca
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  • Poem by Antonio Machado
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  • López, Sergi, Maribel Verdú, Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil, and Alex Angulo. El laberinto del fauno , DVD. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Los Angeles, CA: New Line Home Entertainment, Inc., 2006.
    Listed reading
  • Short story by Max Aub (1903-1972)
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  • Aub, Max. “El remate.” In Historias de mala muerte . 1st ed. Mexico: Joaquin Mortiz, 1965.
    Listed reading
  • SES #: 11 · TOPICS: El remate (cont.) · READINGS AND FILMS: No readings.
    Reading assignment
  • Ramis. Felices días, Tío Sergio . 1986, chapters 1-2.
    Listed reading
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  • Ramis. Felices días, Tío Sergio . 1986, chapters 3-4.
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  • Poems by Luis Palés Matos (Puerto Rico, 1898-1959)
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  • From Tuntún de Pasa y grifería , 1937:
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  • SES #: 14 · TOPICS: Felices días, Tío Sergio (cont.) · READINGS AND FILMS: Ramis. Felices días, Tío Sergio . 1986, chapters 5-6.
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 15 · TOPICS: Soldados de Salamina · READINGS AND FILMS: Cercas. Soldados de Salamina . 2001, pp. 15-40.
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 16 · TOPICS: Soldados de Salamina (cont.) · READINGS AND FILMS: Continue to read and discuss Soldados de Salamina , pp. 40-74.
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 17 · TOPICS: Soldados de Salamina (cont.) · READINGS AND FILMS: Continue to read and discuss Soldados de Salamina , pp. 77-140.
    Reading assignment
  • Finish reading and discussing Soldados de Salamina , pp. 143-209.
    Listed reading
  • Gil, Ariadna, Ramon Fontseré, Joan Dalmau, María Botto, and Diego Luna. Soldados de Salamina , DVD. Directed by David Trueba. Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video, 2002.
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  • Short stories by Rafael Sánchez Mazas
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  • Mazas, Rafael Sánchez. “Lance del pretendiente Orosio Frutos.” In Pequeñas memorias de Tarín; Cuatro lances de boda . Barcelona, Spain: Seix Barral, 1975. ISBN: 9788432238307.
    Listed reading
  • First published in Cuatro lances de boda . Barcelona, Spain: Montener y Simón, 1951.
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  • Mazas, Rafael Sánchez. “Utopías en el Retiro.” In Las aguas de Arbeloa: y otras cuestiones (relatos) . Madrid, Spain: Trieste, 1983. ISBN: 9788485762231.
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  • Excerpts by Ciriaco Pérez Bustamante
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  • Bustamante, Ciriaco Pérez. Compendio de Historia de España . 10th ed. Madrid, Spain: Atlas, 1966.
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  • “Julio de 1936”
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  • Gibson, Ian. Queipo de Llano: Sevilla, verano de 1936 (Con las charlas radiofónicas completas). Barcelona, Spain: Grijalbo, 1986, pp. 11-12 (“Nota preliminar”), 106-10 (“19. Queipo y la muerte de Federico García Lorca”), 379-85 (charla radiofónica, jueves, 20 de agosto de 1936, por la noche). ISBN: 9788425317736.
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  • Short story by Marilyn Bobes (Cuba)
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  • Bobes, Marilyn. “Pregúntaselo a Dios.” In Alguien tiene que llorar . Ciudad de la Habana: Casa de las Américas, 1995, pp. 61-69. ISBN: 9789590400353.
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  • Recommended readings
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  • Kummels, Ingrid. “Love in the Time of Diaspora: Global Markets and Local Meanings in Prostitution, Marriage and Womanhood in Cuba.” Iberoamericana 20 (2005): 7-26.
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  • Sancho, José, Luis Tosar, Lissette Mejía, Marlin Torres, Chete Lera, Elena Irureta, Amparo Valle, and Ruben Ochandiano. Flores de otro mundo , DVD. Directed by Icíar Bollaín. Madrid, Spain: Producciones la Iguana, S. L., 1999.
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  • García, Luis Alberto, Isabel Santos, Coralia Veloz, Claudia Rojas, Rolando Brito, Joan Manuel Reyes, and Bebé Pérez. La vida es silbar , DVD. Directed by Fernando Pérez. New York, NY: New Yorker Video, 1998.
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  • Short stories by Jorge Luis Borges (Argentina, 1899-1986)
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  • Borges, Jorge Luis. “Tema del traidor y del héroe.” In Ficciones . Buenos Aires, Argentina: Emecé, 2000. ISBN: 9789500402057.
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  • ———. “Historia del guerrero y de la cautiva.” In El Aleph . Madrid, Spain: Alianza Editorial. ISBN: 9788420633114.
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  • ———. “La Intrusa.” In El Aleph . Madrid, Spain: Alianza Editorial. ISBN: 9788420633114.
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  • Borges, Jorge Luis. “El Aleph.” In El Aleph . Madrid, Spain: Alianza Editorial. ISBN: 9788420633114.
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  • ———. “Funes, el memorioso.” In Ficciones . Buenos Aires, Argentina: Emecé, 1996. ISBN: 9789500402057.
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  • Short story by Rosario Ferré (Puerto Rico, 1938-)
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  • Ferré, Rosario. “El Collar de Camándulas.” In Papeles de Pandora . 2nd ed. Mexico: Joaquin Moritz, 1979. ISBN: 9789682701061.
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  • Short stories by Roberto Bolaño (Chile, 1953-2003)
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  • Bolaño, Roberto. “Sensini.” In Llamadas telefónicas . Barcelona, Spain: Editorial Anagrama, 1998. ISBN: 9788433910660.
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  • ———. “Gómez Palacio.” In Putas asesinas . Barcelona, Spain: Editorial Anagrama, 2001. ISBN: 9788433924858.
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  • ———. “Jim.” In El Gaucho insufrible . Barcelona, Spain: Editorial Anagrama, 2003. ISBN: 9788433968500.
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  • ———. “Ultimos Atardeceres en la Tierra.” In Putas asesinas . Barcelona, Spain: Editorial Anagrama, 2001. ISBN: 9788433924858.
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  • Bolaño, Roberto. “El Ojo Silva.” In Putas asesinas . Barcelona, Spain: Editorial Anagrama, 2001. ISBN: 9788433924858.
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  • ———. “Putas Asesinas.” In Putas asesinas . Barcelona, Spain: Editorial Anagrama, 2001. ISBN: 9788433924858.
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  • Books on Reserve and Photocopies
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Spring 2005

Topics

  • Intro: What does “contemporary” mean? “Chien Andalou” Buñuel/Dalí
  • Ortega* Modern Art
  • Bombal
  • Bombal* (cont.)
  • Neruda*
  • El Cuarto…
  • El Cuarto…* (cont.)
  • El Cuarto… (cont.)
  • Bodas…*
  • Movie: Bodas
  • El Beso…
  • See “Cat People”
  • El Beso (cont.)
  • See “ El Beso… "
  • La Lengua*
  • Machado*
  • See “ La Lengua… "
  • La Plaza*
  • La Plaza (cont.)
  • See Movie of La Plaza
  • La Nada
  • See “Guantanamera…”
  • La Nada…*
  • Last Class: Final Discussion

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