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Hispanic American Language and Literature IV A
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According to student's Study Programme/ First year post-graduate
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| Attività frontale: Lectures: |
30.0 |
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| Esercitazioni: Applied activities: |
0.0 |
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| Studio individuale: Individual work: |
95.0 |
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| Attività didattica a piccoli gruppi: Group work: |
0.0 |
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0.0 |
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0.0 |
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| TOTALE (voci sopra-elencate): TOTAL: |
125.0 |
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| Ore di lezione settimanali: |
3.0 |
Prerequisites:
High level of Spanish. Fully correct Italian. General knowledge of Latin American history and culture. Knowledge of a second language and culture, preferably English.
Educational goals:
To provide a general picture of the slow process that has led to us now being able to define the composite world of the Caribbean as a multifaceted, distinct and autonomous geo-cultural and literary zone.
Course contents:
Introduction to Caribbean literature. From the "border of the Empire" to the "border of four worlds", the historical and cultural framework will allow us to define the multilingual and multicultural character that today distinguishes this literary output that is continuing to evolve towards original forms of expression. Novels and poems by the following authors (amongst others) will be read: Alejo Carpentier, José Lezama Lima, Nicolás Guillén, Pablo Armando Fernández, Oscar Hijuelos, Aimé Cesaire, George Lamming. Attention will be focused mostly on Spanish-language texts, but the contribution of other languages will also be examined. Students are expected to read and comment on the texts independently.
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Lectures; reading and analysis of poetry and prose by Caribbean authors
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oral
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The unique use of language in the course texts and their translations will be given importance. The lessons will be supplemented by the showing of two films. As there are no suitable handbooks or anthologies that cover the course contents and the set texts, the texts and crticial essays will be provided by the course leader.