SJIA014 Culture of Latin America

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 2 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: graded credit. Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Daniel Vázquez Touriño, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Darebný, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Ivo Buzek, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Milada Malá, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 9:10–10:45 G32
Prerequisites
SJIA009 History and Culture II
Úvod do dějin a kultury hispanofonních zemí I, II
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objectives of the subjects are to explain basic history of Latin America in relation with its social and cultural background and focus on representation of basic historical events in Latin American literature. At the end of this course, students will be able to imply and explain the basic historical and literary phenomena and prove their opinions on a concrete text.
Syllabus
  • 1.- Main concepts. 2.- America before Columbus. Descovery and conquest. 3.- The colony: government, society. Polemics around the rights of the native Americans. 4.- Culture in the colony: the chronicles. 5.- Culture in the colony II: Baroque era. 6.- The Independency: precedents and development. 7.- XIXth century: civilización y barbarie in the process of creation of the nation States. 8.- Economical developmente and modernity in Latin America. 9.- The Cold War in Latin America: revolutions, dictatorships, imperialism and literature. 10.- Latin America in the globalized world. 11.- Contemporary culture, arts and literature.
Literature
    required literature
  • QUESADA MARCO, Sebastián. Imágenes de América Latina. Primera edición. Madrid: Edelsa, 2001, 96 stran. ISBN 9788477115878. info
  • QUESADA MARCO, Sebastián. Imágenes de América Latina. Primera edición. Madrid: Edelsa, 2001, 137 stran. ISBN 9788477115861. info
    recommended literature
  • MONSIVÁIS, Carlos. Aires de familia : cultura y sociedad en América Latina. 3. ed. Barcelona: Anagrama, 2006, 254 s. ISBN 843390597X. info
  • DONGHI, Tulio Halperin. Historia contemporánea de América latina. 1. ed. Madrid: Alianza Ed, 1998, 750 pp. ISBN 84-206-3515-4. info
  • VÁZQUEZ, Germán and Nelson Martínez DÍAZ. Historia de América Latina. 1. ed. Madrid: Sociedad General Espanola de Librería, 1998, 215 s. ISBN 84-7143-643-4. info
  • CHALUPA, Jiří. Historia y geografía de América Latina. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 1997, 49 pp. info
    not specified
  • José Miguel Oviedo, Historia de la literatura hispanoamericana I, II. Madrid, Alianza Editorial 1995, 1997.
  • Giuseppe Bellini, Historia de la literatura hispanoamericana. Madrid, Editorial Castalia 1986.
  • Housková, Anna. Slovník spisovatelů Latinské Ameriky : Argentina, Bolívie, Brazílie, Dominikánská republika, Ekvádor, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Chile, Kolumbie, Kostarika, Kuba, Mexiko, Nikaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portoriko, Salvador, Surinam, U
  • Luis Íńigo Madrigal (coord.), Historia de la literatura hispanoamericana, tomos I, II. Madrid, Cátedra 1982, 1987.
Teaching methods
Lectures, consultations, home study, homewors, written paper, presentation.
Assessment methods
Blind map, written paper, homeworks, final exam, presentation.
Language of instruction
Spanish
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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