Afro-Hispanic Literature: An Introductory Course

3 units

In The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness, Paul Gilroy defines the 'Black Atlantic' as a culture that is not specifically African, American Caribbean, or British but all of these at once. This cultural phenomenon will be explored by analyzing selected poems, novels, short stories, essays, and dramas of Spanish speaking writers of African descent from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa. Utilizing the theoretical framework of Paul Gilroy, Stuart Hall, and Frantz Fanon, the texts will be analyzed considering their socio-historical, geographic, and racial implications and their respective literary movements beginning with the 1900s to the present. No prior knowledge of Spanish is required since this course will be taught in translation.