HISP 244 (WINTER 2012): SURVEY OF SPANISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE II INSTRUCTOR: Professor Sandra Benedetti Rosser Email: [email protected] OFFICE HOURS: Mondays 12:30-13:30 or by appointment. OFFICE: 688 Sherbrooke St. West, Rm. 371 ______________________________________________________________________________ COURSE DESCRIPTION: A survey of Spanish-American Literature from Modernism to the late twentieth century. COURSE OBJECTIVES: This course aims to familiarize students with general concepts in Spanish-American literature through a discussion of representative works from Modernism through to the late twentieth century. Students will be exposed to a variety of literary genres from poetry and prose to theatre, historical documents, letters and essays and they will be able to develop a critical position towards main topics in literature and politics and/or literature and society. By the end of the course, students’ language and literary analysis skills will also have improved through active class participation and various written assignments.

REQUIRED TEXTS Available at the McGill Bookstore: o Garganigo, John et al. Huellas de las literaturas hispanoamericanas. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2002. o García Márquez, Gabriel. El coronel no tiene quien le escriba. Toronto: Vintage, 2010. Additional readings will be available on WebCT or on reserve at Redpath. COURSE REQUIREMENTS Students are expected to prepare each reading assignment carefully and to participate actively in full class and small group discussions. At times, students will be required to respond to discussion questions posted on MyCourses WebCT (Discussions) and/or comment on a discussion forum. These assignments will be announced in advance and will count towards the participation mark.

Students will write a Response paper (500 words), due on February 3rd; a short essay (1250 words), due on March 2nd and a longer essay (1500 words), due on April 16th. The topics for these assignments will be discussed in advance, in class and posted on WebCT. All written assignments must be typed (double-space, Times New Roman font size 12), written in good Spanish and follow the guidelines of the MLA Handbook – latest edition. Late assignments will be penalized with 3 points per day late. A final written exam will be held during the final examination period. The final exam will assess material discussed throughout the semester. Any supplemental examination will be worth 100% of the total grade.

GRADING PROCEDURES Participation, group work and WebCT Discussion forums 1 Response Paper (500 words) Essay 1 (1250 words) Essay 2 (1500 words) Final Exam

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ACADEMIC HONESTY McGill University values academic integrity. Therefore all students must understand the meaning and consequences of cheating, plagiarism and other academic offences under the Code of Student Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures (see www.mcgill.ca/students/srr/honest/) for more information. L'université McGill attache une haute importance à l’honnêteté académique. Il incombe pa r conséquent à tous les étudiants de comprendre ce que l'on entend par tricherie, plagiat et autres infractions académiques, ainsi que les conséquences que peuvent avoir de telles actions, selon le Code de conduite de l'étudiant et des procédures disciplinaires (pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez consulter le site www.mcgill.ca/students/srr/honest/). EXAMS The Final written exam will take place during the University Examination Schedule. According to Senate regulations, instructors are not permitted to make special arrangements for final exams. Please consult the Calendar, section 4.7.2.1, General University Information and Regulations at www.mcgill.ca. MC2 DEVICES Mobile computing and communications devices are permitted in class insofar as their use does not disrupt the teaching and learning process. In support of individual and collective positive classroom experiences, there must be freedom from distraction for: a. fellow students; b. the instructor. COURSE OUTLINE MODERNISMO enero 9 11 13 16 18 20 23 25

Introducción José Martí: (G 286-287), “Nuestra América” (G 291-296) José Martí: “Versos sencillos” (G 296-300) Rubén Darío: (G 325-327), “El rey burgués” (G 328-331). Rubén Darío “Yo percibo una forma” (WebCT), “A Roosevelt” (G344-45). José Enrique Rodó: (G 350-351), “Ariel” (G 352-357) Horacio Quiroga: (G362-364), “El hombre muerto” (G 365-67) y “El almohadón de plumas” (WebCT) Delmira Agustini (G 369-371), “Otra estirpe” (G 372), “El cisne” (G 373-4).

LA VANGUARDIA 27, 30 febrero

Gabriela Mistral: (G 378-9) “Balada” (G 381), “Los sonetos de la muerte” (G 382-383), “Todas íbamos a ser reinas” (WebCT) 1 Alfonsina Storni: (G 391-2) and (G393-400). 3 **Ensayo de reacción 6, 8 César Vallejo (G 401-403), “Los heraldos negros” (G 404), “LXI” (G 410-11). 10, 13 Pablo Neruda: (G 432-435), “De veinte poemas de amor” (G 436- 439), “Walking Around” (G 441), “Oda a la alcachofa”(WebCT), “Alturas de Macchu Picchu” (G 445) 15,17 Nicolás Guillén: (G 473-475), “Sensemaya” (G 477-78) “Balada de los dos abuelos”, “La muralla” “Tengo” (WebCT) 20, 22, 24 SEMANA DE LECTURA/ READING WEEK 2

27, 29, Jorge Luis Borges: (G 488-9), “La biblioteca de Babel”, “El sur”, “El disco” (WebCT). EL BOOM marzo

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** Ensayo 1 Alejo Carpentier: (G 496-9), “Prologo: El reino de este mundo” (G 500-504). Julio Cortázar: (G 514-515), “Axolotl,” “La noche boca arriba”, “Graffiti” texto y corto- metraje (WebCT & Youtube) 12 Juan Rulfo: (G 527-528), “Talpa” (G 529-535) 14,16 Carlos Fuentes: (G 536-540), “Chac Mool” (G 541-548) 19, 21, 23 Gabriel García Márquez: (G 550-554) y El coronel no tiene quien le escriba

EL POST-BOOM 26 28, 30 abril 2, 4 6 9 11 13 16

Octavio Paz: (G 615-616), “Los hijos de la malinche” (G 617-624) Sabina Berman: (G 652-654), Entre Villa y una mujer desnuda (obra completa) Rosario Ferré: (G 715-716), “Amalia” (G 717-727) Good Friday - No class Easter Monday - No class Elena Poniatowska: (G 679-681), “La ruptura” (G 682-686) Rigoberta Menchú: (G 749-751), “Prologo: Me llamo…” y “III El Nahual” (G 752-758) **Ensayo 2 Repaso y conclusión

RECOMMENDED READINGS

Franco, Jean. Historia de la literatura hispanoamericana a partir de la independencia. Barcelona: Editorial Ariel, 1975. González Echevarría, Roberto and Enrique Pupo-Walker. The Cambridge History of Latin American literature. II: The Twentieth century. Cambridge; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1996.

In the event of extraordinary circumstances beyond the University’s control, the content and/or evaluation scheme in this course is subject to change

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