Middlebury

SPAN 6624

Contemp Hispanic Caribbean Lit

Contemporary Hispanic Caribbean Literature

This course offers an introduction to literary works by some of the major authors of the last fifty years in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico, exploring their similarities and differences, and encompassing texts in both poetry and prose by authors such as: Cuba: Nicolás Guillén, Alejo Carpentier, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, José Lezama Lima, Virgilio Piñera, Antonio José Ponte, Zoé Valdés, and Ena Lucía Portela; Dominican Republic: Juan Bosch, Pedro Mir, José Alcántara Almánzar, Aurora Arias, Rita Indiana Hernández; Puerto Rico: Luis Palés Matos, Julia de Burgos, René Marqués, Luis Rafael Sánchez, Ana Lydia Vega, Mayra Santos-Febres, Francisco Font Acevedo, Luis Negrón. (1 unit)
Subject:
Spanish
Department:
Spanish (& Portuguese UG)
Division:
Language School
Requirements Fulfilled:
Literature

Sections in Summer 2005, LS 7 Week Session

Summer 2005, LS 6 Week Session

SPAN6624A-L05 Lecture