SPAN 304: Intro to Hispanic Literature
Course Description: Conducted in Spanish, the course introduces the principles of literary analysis, based on reading and discussion of Hispanic literary texts. Includes fiction, drama, essay, and poetry from Spain and Spanish America.
Intro to Hispanic Literature: Intro to Hispanic Literature: This course fulfills MLO 1 & 3- Language Proficiency & Literary and Cultural Knowledge. This course was taught by professor Fernandez and she gave me an even higher love for literature than I had. I was exposed to various literary genres such as magic realism, naturalism, romance, romanticism, among others. The class was divided into three parts: narrative, poetry and theater. Out of those three, the narrative was the easiest one to analyze and understand. The poetry section was the hardest since sometimes we didn’t know what the poet was trying to say. Mainly it was hard because of the language being used. During this class, we were able to learn about a writer's life & their place in the literary world and at times political world, and how all that influenced their writing. Most of these writers used writing as a medium of expression and to expose their country’s political state. We would work in groups or partners to analyze short stories & poetry and we would try to find the meaning of what was being said, the symbolism, theme, rhetorical figures and other elements. One of the assignments I remember we did was at the beginning of the semester when we all had to get in groups of 3 or 4, and make a skit/performance in front of the class for the short story “La camisa de Margarita” by Ricardo Palma. It was quite humorous to see everyone attempt a performance of the story. I enjoyed that assignment very much. Towards the end of the semester, we were required to do a presentation based on a poet, a selected work & how their literary genre fit into their poems. For this presentation we were in groups. My group decided to focus in el misticismo/the mysticism. The mysticism is known for becoming one with God or the Absolute. It has a religious/spiritual meaning, where God is the Universe. We also talked about the writer who belonged to this genre: Santa Teresa de Jesus. Based on our research and discussion, we discovered she had an obsession/infatuation with uniting her soul with God and it’s quite evident in her poems. Thanks to the class discussions, I feel now I have the necessary elements to analyze literature.
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