Undergraduate Course: Reading Latin American Poetry (ELCH10053)
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 course aims to give the student knowledge of a representative sample of poetry from Latin America. Its primary focus will be on developing the student's analytical and interpretive skills through close reading, but reference will also be made to the socio-cultural context and to wider literary movements to broaden the students' knowledge of the field of Latin American literature. The students will learn to express themselves in a coherent manner in both verbal and written form, and will gain an appreciation of the value of poetry and of the problems peculiar to reading, interpreting and indeed defining poetry as opposed to other literary genres. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | Entry to Spanish Hons required, students of Spanish 3 should take the Level 09 version ELCH09005 |
| Additional Costs | Primary course texts, approx. £60 |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Develop analytical and interpretive skills through close reading of a range of poetry from Latin America.
- Understand the socio-cultural context and wider literary movements associated with Latin American poetry.
- Reflect critically and make judgements in light of evidence and argument.
- Extract and synthesise key information from written and spoken sources.
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Reading List
Since the focus will be on a detailed, close reading approach, the number of poems covered in any one seminar will be limited, but for the exam, the students will be required to have read the full text in each case.
Rubén Darío - Cantos de vida y de esperanza (Debolsillo, 2004)
Alfonsina Storni - Selección poética de Alfonsina Storni (Diana, 1999)
Pablo Neruda - Canto General (Debolsillo, 2004)
Octavio Paz - Libertad bajo palabra: Poesía 1935-57 (Cátedra, 1990)
Gioconda Belli - El ojo de la mujer (Visor, 2001)
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | DELC Lat/Am Poetry |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Fiona Mackintosh
Tel: (0131 6)50 8303
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Course secretary | Miss Fiona Jack
Tel: (0131 6)50 3635
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