A survey of significant authors and work of Spanish American and Brazilian Portuguese literatures, focusing on fictional prose and poetry. Topics include romantic allegories of the nation; modernism and postmodernism; avant-garde poetry; regionalism versus cosmopolitanism; indigenous and indigenist literature; magical realism and the literature of the Boom; Afro-Hispanic literature and testimonial narrative. Authors may include: Bolivar, Bello, Gomez de Avellaneda, Isaacs, Sarmiento, Machado de Assis, Darío, Marti, Agustini, Vallejo, Huidobro, Borges, Cortazar, Neruda, Guillen, Rulfo, Ramos, Garcia Marquez, Lispector, and Bolano. Taught in Spanish.
3-5 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit
A survey of significant authors and work of Spanish American and Brazilian Portuguese literatures, focusing on fictional prose and poetry. Topics include romantic allegories of the nation; modernism and postmodernism; avant-garde poetry; regionalism versus cosmopolitanism; indigenous and indigenist literature; magical realism and the literature of the Boom; Afro-Hispanic literature and testimonial narrative. Authors may include: Bolivar, Bello, Gomez de Avellaneda, Isaacs, Sarmiento, Machado de Assis, Darío, Marti, Agustini, Vallejo, Huidobro, Borges, Cortazar, Neruda, Guillen, Rulfo, Ramos, Garcia Marquez, Lispector, and Bolano. Taught in Spanish.
Offered in Spring 2027 at Stanford University.