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SPAN6754A-L11

History & Poetry in Cuba

Cuban literature, like any other in Spanish America, is characterized by a tension between poetry and politics. The vast postcolonial writing of the past two centuries is a good example of this crossover of roles, so characteristic of Latin American intellectual history. In that story, the creation of literary works has been linked often to the founding of republics and the construction of national states. In the case of José María Heredia, José Martí, Nicolás Guillén, José Lezama Lima, Roberto Fernandez Retamar and Heberto Padilla, this tension runs through their works, relevant to Spanish America, in poetry and prose. The aim of this course is to explore the political representation of the poetry of the six Cuban writers, including not only their most famous books of poetry, but some texts of chronicles and essays. (1 unit)

Required text: Electronic material on Segue.

This course is cross-listed with Literature.
Course Reference Number (CRN):
60631
Subject Code:
SPAN
Course Number:
6754
Section Identifier:
A

Course

SPAN 6754

All Sections in Summer 2011, LS 6 Week Session

Summer 2011, LS 6 Week Session

SPAN6754A-L11 Lecture (Rojas Gutierrez)