Unit name | Novels, Poetry and Politics in Twentieth Century Latin America |
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Unit code | HISP20077 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Professor. Jo Crow |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit introduces students to three of Latin America's most well known writers: Pablo Neruda, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Mario Vargas Llosa. It involves in-depth study of their texts, supplemented by analysis of different reader responses. Exploring a wide range of themes, including memory, colonial ideology, socialist revolution and violence, the unit encourages students to think about the relationship between literature and the historical and social context from which it emerges. It raises important questions about literature as political communication. Can there be such a thing as a "socialist novel", for example? Do the fantastic aspects of a text undermine or enhance its serious intent? Students will also disuss some of the key aesthetic issues relevant to the poetry and the novels.
Successful students will:
1 weekly lecture hour and one weekly seminar hour
1 x 2000 word essay (50%) and a 2 hour exam (50%) Testing ILO's 1-5