COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Conducted in Spanish, the course introduces the principles of literary analysis, based on reading and discussion of Hispanic literary texts. Includes fiction, drama, essay, and poetry from Spain and Spanish America.
Credit to CSUMB Catalog.
COURSE NARRATIVE:
This was one of the most challenging courses I have taken so far at CSUMB. This course proved to be difficult because of the wide variety of terminology and materials we studied, from poetry to drama and literary movements from Modernism to Romanticism. I, however, loved this challenge, to learn of the cultures and history of Hispanic countries while making connections to literary texts and their impact in society. Some of the fascinating poetry we studied were from poets like Sor Juana deInez and Garcilaso de la Vega, with their works we were tasked with deciphering their verses and symbolism to discover the underlying messages that were relevant to the literary movements they belonged to. Other fascinating aspects were the stories we read, such as the whirlwind of a tale of La Noche Boca Arriba by Julio Cortazar, that we spend long discussions trying to decide what was the reality in the tale (which we never actually settled on) and to attempt to understand why Cortazar created his take in this riveting manner. Through the verses in poetry and the pages of short stories, this course proved to be fundamental in my understanding of Hispanic literature.
One group task we had was to create a brief but thorough presentation of one of the literary movements we studied throughout the semester, and then present with the class. This was done in the hopes of creating a wide panorama of the literary movements across the centuries and for us to study the works a bit further in preparation for our final exam as we presented our presentations and as we observed the presentations of our classmates. Our team was tasked with the movement La Generacion del '98, below is the powerpoint we utilized.
Conducted in Spanish, the course introduces the principles of literary analysis, based on reading and discussion of Hispanic literary texts. Includes fiction, drama, essay, and poetry from Spain and Spanish America.
Credit to CSUMB Catalog.
COURSE NARRATIVE:
This was one of the most challenging courses I have taken so far at CSUMB. This course proved to be difficult because of the wide variety of terminology and materials we studied, from poetry to drama and literary movements from Modernism to Romanticism. I, however, loved this challenge, to learn of the cultures and history of Hispanic countries while making connections to literary texts and their impact in society. Some of the fascinating poetry we studied were from poets like Sor Juana deInez and Garcilaso de la Vega, with their works we were tasked with deciphering their verses and symbolism to discover the underlying messages that were relevant to the literary movements they belonged to. Other fascinating aspects were the stories we read, such as the whirlwind of a tale of La Noche Boca Arriba by Julio Cortazar, that we spend long discussions trying to decide what was the reality in the tale (which we never actually settled on) and to attempt to understand why Cortazar created his take in this riveting manner. Through the verses in poetry and the pages of short stories, this course proved to be fundamental in my understanding of Hispanic literature.
One group task we had was to create a brief but thorough presentation of one of the literary movements we studied throughout the semester, and then present with the class. This was done in the hopes of creating a wide panorama of the literary movements across the centuries and for us to study the works a bit further in preparation for our final exam as we presented our presentations and as we observed the presentations of our classmates. Our team was tasked with the movement La Generacion del '98, below is the powerpoint we utilized.
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