Prerequisite:
Nil
Co-requisite:
Nil
Description
Elective Course
This course will explore the relationship between US and three specific Latin American cultures during the twentieth century. Each context will offer a different way in which US and Spanish-Speaking Latin American cultures interact with each other. The first case will be the Latino presence in the US through the reading of the most canonical work by a Chicano author: The House on Mango Street (1984) by Sandra Cisneros (1954-). The following context will see interactions between the Harlem Renaissance author Langston Hughes (1902-1967) and Afro-Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén (1902-1989). Finally, the course will delve into poetic responses to US military and political intervention in Nicaragua from one of the fathers of Latin American poetry, Rubén Darío (1867-1916) and two contemporary poets, priest and political activist Ernesto Cardenal (1925-2020) and feminist poet Gioconda Belli (1948-).
Non-permissible combination: AMER2060
[Note to students admitted in 2023-24 and before: Students who have successfully completed “AMER2060. US/Latin American cultural interactions” are not allowed to take this course. For those who have not yet done so, they can take GLAS2115 to fulfil the relevant requirement in the academic year 2024-25 and thereafter.]
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