CMPL 356 - Latin America in Verse: Poetry, Voice and History

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4 credits
An exploration of poetry from Latin America, the Caribbean and Latinx U.S.. This course will offer a thematic survey of 20^th century classics (like César Vallejo, Gabriela Mistral, and Vicente Huidrobo) and contemporary poetics (Mayra Santos Fébres, Frank Báez, Karen Peñate, Aracelis Girmay), and will engage with topics such as the relationship between poetry and politics, poetry and race, indigenous poetry, poetry and music, and the uses of history in the poetic imagination. Taught in Spanish.
Prerequisites & Notes: HISP 304 or the equivalent.
This course is cross-listed with HISP 356