SLL 113: Latin American Literature (SPAN 322)
Course Description
The objective of this course is to study the literary production in Latin America. The period to be studied is from the XXth century to the present-day. Evidently, given the reduced number of hours which make up the course there will be a selection of authors and works, while at the same time trying to transmit to the student the reality, and diversity, of
the vast literary production.
Course Reflective Narrative
During the Fall semester 2012, I completed SLL 113: Latin American Literature, which is equivalent to SPAN 322. This course meets the MLO 3 because it is about the work of many authors in Latin America. During this class we went over poems, short stories, and fragments of novels. The professor always gave out reading assignments and we discuss them in class. Sometimes we discussed the in groups and wrote down what we though about the poem as well as analyzed the poems. After all groups were done analyzing the poem, we discuss what we thought about it. The professor would then give us information about the authors and what the author tried to convey in his or her work. The Professor would give us information about the context in which the texts were written as well as a general idea of the economic, political, and social situation of the time.
This class was very interesting, because we got to study and learn from very different authors, authors from all over Latin America. One of the things that the professor said that left a big impact on me was the saying: “Los autores hacen finito lo infinito y los lectores hacen infinito lo finito”. I really like that statement and now find a lot of truth to it. The professor would always remind us that once the authors work is published, it stops been their work and becomes the readers. What she meant was that when a person reads a book, while reading it, because of what that person knows or what that person has been through what he or she reads may be interpreted totally different from what the author meant in his or her work.
During class we went over Literature of the Mexican revolution; Los de abajo, by Mariano Azuela, Pablo Neruda’s poetry, the concept of literature in Luis Borges, Isabel Allende and Laura Esquivel. We studied some of the work from these authors, but I really liked Mario Benedetti’s poems. I would like to read more of his poems and I am also interested in reading more about the Mexican Revolution.
Course Work Evidence
Term Paper
The objective of this course is to study the literary production in Latin America. The period to be studied is from the XXth century to the present-day. Evidently, given the reduced number of hours which make up the course there will be a selection of authors and works, while at the same time trying to transmit to the student the reality, and diversity, of
the vast literary production.
Course Reflective Narrative
During the Fall semester 2012, I completed SLL 113: Latin American Literature, which is equivalent to SPAN 322. This course meets the MLO 3 because it is about the work of many authors in Latin America. During this class we went over poems, short stories, and fragments of novels. The professor always gave out reading assignments and we discuss them in class. Sometimes we discussed the in groups and wrote down what we though about the poem as well as analyzed the poems. After all groups were done analyzing the poem, we discuss what we thought about it. The professor would then give us information about the authors and what the author tried to convey in his or her work. The Professor would give us information about the context in which the texts were written as well as a general idea of the economic, political, and social situation of the time.
This class was very interesting, because we got to study and learn from very different authors, authors from all over Latin America. One of the things that the professor said that left a big impact on me was the saying: “Los autores hacen finito lo infinito y los lectores hacen infinito lo finito”. I really like that statement and now find a lot of truth to it. The professor would always remind us that once the authors work is published, it stops been their work and becomes the readers. What she meant was that when a person reads a book, while reading it, because of what that person knows or what that person has been through what he or she reads may be interpreted totally different from what the author meant in his or her work.
During class we went over Literature of the Mexican revolution; Los de abajo, by Mariano Azuela, Pablo Neruda’s poetry, the concept of literature in Luis Borges, Isabel Allende and Laura Esquivel. We studied some of the work from these authors, but I really liked Mario Benedetti’s poems. I would like to read more of his poems and I am also interested in reading more about the Mexican Revolution.
Course Work Evidence
Term Paper