Avant-Garde Movements in Latin America

Overview

Subject area

SPAN

Catalog Number

371

Course Title

Avant-Garde Movements in Latin America

Description

The period following the Modernist movement (1896-1905) in Latin America, until the 1940s. It concentrates on the originality that marks each writer's style, as seen in their individual manifestos. Analysis of the writers' initial reactions to sentimental irony (Ezequiel Martinez Estrada), to the innovations of prosaismo (Evaristo Carriego), and ultraismo (Jorge L. Borges). Women writers (Gabriela Mistral, Delmira Agustini, Alfonsina Storni, and Juana de Ibarbourou) are highlighted for their thematic and stylistic freedom. Other authors to be studied in this course are Ricardo Guiraldes, Mariano Brull, Oliverio Girondo, Luis Pales Mators, Nicolas Guillen, Vicente Huidobro, Cesar Vellajo, and Pablo Neruda.

Typically Offered

Fall, Spring

Academic Career

Undergraduate

Liberal Arts

Yes

Credits

Minimum Units

3

Maximum Units

3

Academic Progress Units

3

Repeat For Credit

No

Components

Name

Lecture

Hours

3

Requisites

019651

Course Schedule