Middlebury

SPAN 6721

Women through their Writing

History of Women through their Writings
In this course through the reading of text written by women --diaries, autobiographies, and letters-- we will examine the process of construction of gender identity at various stages of history and the perception that women had of their own situation. Emphasis will be given to women writers from Spain and Latin America who were in the vanguard and were teachers or vising lecturers at the Spanish School in Middlebury. Colleagues such as Gabriela Mistral, Concha Espina, Margot Arce, Sofia Novoa, Isabel Garcia Lorca, Gloria de los Rios among others. (1 unit) Required text: A selection of excerpts from the following texts and authors available in electronic form at Middlebury: Concha Espina, Singladuras; viaje americano (Madrid: Compañía Ibero-Americana de Publicaciones, 1932); Isabel García Lorca, Recuerdos míos (Barcelona: Tusquets, 2002); Gabriela Mistral, Victoria Ocampo, Esta América nuestra. Correspondencia 1926-1956. Introducción y notas Elizabeth Horan y Doris Meyer (Buenos Aires: El cuenco de plata, 2007); Jaime Salinas, Travesías: memorias (1925-1955) (Barcelona: Tusquets, 2003); Roberto Véguez in the Green Mountains of LIT Vermont. Spanish and Latin American Exiles in the School of Spanish at Middlebury College (1937-1963), http://schoolofspanish.middcreate.net/centennial/book/index.
This course is cross-listed with Literature.
Subject:
Spanish
Department:
Spanish (& Portuguese UG)
Division:
Language School
Requirements Fulfilled:
Civ Cul & Soc Literature

Sections

Summer 2024 Language Schools, LS 6 Week Session

SPAN6721A-L24 Lecture (de la Guardia-Herrero)

Summer 2023 Language Schools, LS 6 Week Session

SPAN6721A-L23 Lecture (de la Guardia-Herrero)

Summer 2022 Language Schools, LS 6 Week Session

SPAN6721A-L22 Lecture (de la Guardia-Herrero)

Summer 2021 Language Schools, LS 6 Week Session

SPAN6721A-L21 Lecture (de la Guardia-Herrero)

Summer 2020 Language Schools, LS 6 Week Session

SPAN6721A-L20 Lecture (de la Guardia-Herrero)

Summer 2019 Language Schools, LS 6 Week Session

SPAN6721A-L19 Lecture (de la Guardia-Herrero)

Summer 2018 Language Schools, LS 6 Week Session

SPAN6721A-L18 Lecture (de la Guardia-Herrero)

Summer 2017 Language Schools, LS 6 Week Session

SPAN6721A-L17 Lecture (de la Guardia-Herrero)

Summer 2015 Language Schools, LS 6 Week Session

SPAN6721A-L15 Lecture (de la Guardia-Herrero)

Summer 2014 Language Schools, LS 6 Week Session

SPAN6721A-L14 Lecture (de la Guardia-Herrero)

Summer 2013, LS 6 Week Session

SPAN6721A-L13 Lecture (de la Guardia-Herrero)

Summer 2012, LS 6 Week Session

SPAN6721A-L12 Lecture (de la Guardia-Herrero)

Summer 2011, LS 6 Week Session

SPAN6721A-L11 Lecture (de la Guardia-Herrero)

Summer 2010, LS 6 Week Session

SPAN6721A-L10 Lecture (de la Guardia-Herrero)