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SPAN0335A-F09

Modernity in Lat Am Poetry

Modernity and its Discontents in Latin American Poetry
In this course we will read selected texts by modern Latin American poets from different times and regions. The aim of the course is to understand the tensions and paradoxes inherent to socioeconomic modernization as expressed in the aesthetics of José Martí, Rubén Darío, César Vallejo, Vicente Huidobro, among others. This course is organized around a series of close readings of poems, manifestoes, and essays. The student is expected to become familiar with linguistic and literary terminology and to apply these concepts in the readings of poems. There will be individual in-class oral presentations of poems, as well as outside-class assignments and cultural activities. (SPAN 0220 or equivalent). 3 hrs. lect./disc.
Course Reference Number (CRN):
92636
Subject Code:
SPAN
Course Number:
0335
Section Identifier:
A

Course

SPAN 0335

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Fall 2009

SPAN0335A-F09 Lecture (Pareja)