SJ1A024 Latin American Literature II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/2/3. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Daniel Vázquez Touriño, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Eva Lalkovičová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Daniel Vázquez Touriño, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
SJ1A002 Practical Spanish II && SJ1A012 History and Culture II
Latin American Literature I
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
The main objectives of the course are the following: making students aware of relations between 19th century Latin American literature and Spanish literature.
Learning outcomes
Student: - will be able to identify and summarize the main aspects of the most important Latin-American literature movements, - will know the most important authors and genres and their main characteristics, - will be able to analyse the most important Latin-American literary works using the right tootls and theoretical frames.
Syllabus
  • Course programme:
  • 1. Realismo hispanoamericano.Paul Groussac, Lucio Vicente López, Federico Gamboa.
  • 2. Alberto Blest Gana: Martin Rivas 3. El modernismo hispanoamericano 4. Poetas premodernistas: Jose Marti, Julian del Casal, Jose Asuncion Silva, Manuel Gutierrez Najera 5. Ruben Dario 6. Leopoldo Lugones, Jose Enrique Rodo 8. El regionalismo. José Eustasio Rivera, Rómulo Gallegos.
  • 9. Relismo urbano. Roberto Arlt. 10. La vanguardia. Huidobro, Neruda 11. Literatura fantástica del Río de la Plata. Jorge Luis Borges. 11. Novelistas del medio siglo. Miguel Ángel Asturias, Alejo Carpentier.
  • 12. El llamado boom de la narrativa hispanoamericana. Carlos Fuentes 13. Realismo mágico. Garcia Marquez, Juan Rulfo.
  • 14. Realismo fantástico. Ernesto Sabato.
Literature
    required literature
  • José Miguel Oviedo, Historia de la literatura hispanoamericana III, IV. Madrid, Alianza 2001.
  • Jean Franco, Historia de la literatura hispanoamericana. Barcelona, Ariel 1975.
    recommended literature
  • IMBERT, Enrique Anderson. Dějiny literatur Španělské Ameriky (Obsaž.) : Dějiny literatur Latinské Ameriky. info
  • HOUSKOVÁ, Anna. Imaginace Hispánské Ameriky :hispanoamerická kulturní identita v esejích a v románech. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 1998, 205 s. ISBN 80-7215-069-3. info
    not specified
  • HODOUŠEK, Eduard. 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, Uruguay, v. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 1996, 588 s. ISBN 80-85983-10-9. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, class discussion. Seminar, anylysis and commentary of chosen fiction extracts, homeworks, reading,
Assessment methods
Written test (exam)
Language of instruction
Spanish
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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