SPAN490C
La escritura sonora: El sonido y la escucha en la literatura latinoamericana Latin America has a rich and complex tradition of orality, both aural and textual. This course reads 20th- and 21st-century literature in relation to that tradition, considering how recent works build on and (perhaps more importantly) diverge from, oral practices that have been […]
FREN416B
Shades of Truth and Fiction in Contemporary French Literature Contemporary literature is not easily grasped. It is constantly unfolding, leaving us, its readers, little time to map the field and little distance to judge what will become the emblematic works of our era. While this uncertainty may seem daunting, contemporary literature offers us unique opportunities […]
SPAN520A
Golden-Age Literatures and Cultures The Global Renaissance: Hispanic Cross-Cultural Contacts Cross-listed with SPAN495B The early modern period witnessed an upsurge of innovation in both drama and narrative prose reflecting an increasingly globalized world —the development of international trade, the printing press, colonial expansion, and periods of both conflict and cooperation. By reading plays and novellas […]
SPAN520
Cervantes: Don Quijote and Beyond Instructor: Elizabeth Lagresa-González Language of instruction: Spanish This course examines Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra’s masterpiece “El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha” (Part I, 1605) in relation to some of his lesser-known creations, the “Novelas ejemplares” (1613) and “Ocho comedias y ocho entremeses nuevos, nunca representados” (1615). By applying an […]
SPAN312B
Islamic Medieval Spain in Literature, History and Cultural Memory Cross-listed with HIST 390D This student-directed seminar invites students to examine the nexus of identity, race and power in Medieval Spain as a marker of transition towards ‘modernity’ (711-present). Topics include: The emergence of Islamic rule; the reconquest of Spain and the Crusades; Legal history of […]
SPAN570A
Los estudios poscoloniales y el giro decolonial: teoría y análisis literario Este seminario se propone discutir ensayos fundamentales de los estudios poscoloniales, producidos tanto en la academia norteamericana como en la latinoamericana. A lo largo del semestre haremos “dialogar” la teoría y la práctica, alternando las obras primarias y secundarias, con el fin de entender […]
FREN501B
Studies in Medieval French Literature Medieval Francophonie Before the emergence of modern nation-states, the kingdom of France was a collection of feudal domains that displayed a somewhat relative allegiance to the king of France. The word “France” itself often referred solely to the Île-de-France region around Paris. In the South of what we now call […]
FREN513A
(Cross-listed with FREN 495-101) Les nouvelles écritures romanesques Depuis la fin des années 1980, la littérature ‘post-québécoise’ – pour reprendre l’expression de Pierre Nepveu – s’est détachée du texte national dans une quête de filiations nouvelles, d’altérité identitaire et de modèles narratifs hétérogènes. Le présent séminaire a pour objet d’explorer ces parcours romanesques entre l’intertextualité […]
SPAN590B
Narconarrativas de América Latina Instructor: Jon Beasley-Murray Language of instruction: Spanish Este curso examinará las narrativas asociadas con el narcotráfico y la llamada “guerra” en contra de las drogas en América Latina, sobre todo en Colombia y México. Aprovecharemos de la oportunidad para estudiar la relación entre narrativa y el mercado, representación y violencia, y […]
SPAN312A
From Dictators to Detectives: Latin American Literature of the 20th and 21st Centuries SPAN312 is an introduction to key Latin American literary texts of the 20th and 21st centuries in relation to their authors and the social, political, and cultural contexts in which they were produced. In particular, we consider how literature critiques, indexes, and contests […]