Undergraduate Course: Nineteenth-Century Spanish American Literature (ELCH10052)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This option will examine Spanish American poetry and prose written between independence from Spain and 1900. |
| Course description |
This option will examine Spanish American poetry and prose written between independence from Spain and 1900. Texts will be studied in their historical context and the selection comprises epic poetry, national romances, short stories and essays. Topics will include the wars of independence, the recovery of the pre-Columbian past, Romanticism, nation building, gender, ethnicity, and race.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | Entry to Spanish Hons required. |
| Additional Costs | Purchase of primary texts studied. |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand how wars of independence, the recovery of the pre-Columbian past, Romanticism, nation building, gender, ethnicity, and race have shaped Spanish American literature from independence to 1900.
- Demonstrate analytical engagement with key concepts, themes, and stylistic features in nineteenth-century Spanish American literature
- Demonstrate awareness of the social, cultural and historical conditions in nineteenth-century Spanish American countries
- Undertake detailed textual analysis, articulate coherent arguments and show a high level of expression in written and oral work
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Reading List
Andrés Bello (Venezuela), Silvas americanas (Biblioteca Nueva)
Selected poetry by José Joaquín Olmedo (Ecuador) and José María Heredia (Cuba)
Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (Cuba), Sab (Manchester University Press)
Miguel Riofrío (Ecuador), La emancipada (Stockcero)
Cirilo Villaverde (Cuba), Cecilia Valdés (Linkgua)
Clorinda Matto de Turner (Peru), Aves sin nido (Stockcero)
Ricardo Palma (Peru), Tradiciones peruanas (Stockcero. *Please use this edition*)
José Enrique Rodó (Uruguay), Ariel (European Schoolbooks)
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Iona Macintyre
Tel: (0131 6)50 3641
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Course secretary | Miss Fiona Jack
Tel: (0131 6)50 3635
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