HISP 317 - Survey of Latin American Literature I: Encuentros y Desencuentros

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 Hours
Attribute: 3 HU, CD

We no longer call 1492 the “discovery” of America but rather the “encounter” between two continents; yet the literature of the first four centuries of the Americas is also full of misencounters, as perspectives are often creatively misunderstood to slowly create a conflictive modern Latin America. Texts (and films about the period) will include pre-Columbian writings; conquistadors’ tales; the colonial intellectuals Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, el Inca Garcilaso, and Guaman Poma; Simón Bolívar; and a post-independence world of Romantic poets, rebels, and statesmen. Taught in Spanish. Enrollment Limit: 20.
Instructor: P. O’Connor