Course: Latin American Literature 2

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Course title Latin American Literature 2
Course code KRS/HAL2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Spanish
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hromada Jakub, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Nemrava Daniel, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Riebová Markéta, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
This course is focused on important personalities of contemporary Latin American literature such as J.L.Borges and other renovators from the period of the years 30' and 40'. Also representatives of 'boom' literature, like G. García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, José Donoso, Carlos Fuentes and others, are included. The other topics are for example the issue of fictive worlds in the books of Juan Carlos Onetti or Juan Rulfo or the fundamental aspects of magical realism of Alejo Carpentier. Part of the course is dedicated to literary analyses as well. Original texts are analyzed from different points of view such as topic, plot, characters, imagination, language, style etc.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
  • Attendace - 25 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 70 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
This course is focused on important personalities of contemporary Latin American literature such as J.L.Borges and other renovators from the period of the years 30' and 40'. Also representives of 'boom' literature, like G. García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, José Donoso, Carlos Fuentes and others, are included. The other topics are for example the issue of fictive worlds in the books of Juan Carlos Onetti or Juan Rulfo or the fundamental aspects of magical realism of Alejo Carpentier. Part of the course is dedicated to literary analyses as well. Original texts are analyzed from different points of view such as topic, plot, characters, imagination, language, style etc.
Ability of literary classification and analysis.
Prerequisites
It is required successful pass of Latin American Literature 2.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Written exam

attendence to classes, written exam
Recommended literature
  • Aínsa, F. (1986). Identidad cultural de Iberoamérica en su narrativa. Madrid: Gredos.
  • Bellini, G. (1986). Historia de la literatura hispanoamericana. Madrid: Editorial Castalia.
  • Brančíková, Z., Mohaplová, A. (1991). La prosa hispanoamericana del siglo XX.. Olomouc.
  • Esteban, Á. (1997). Literatura hispanoamericana. Granada.
  • Gálvez Acero, M. (1981). La novela hispanoamericana del siglo XX.. Madrid.
  • Housková, Anna. (1998). Imaginace Hispánské Ameriky. Praha.
  • Lukavská, E. (2000). "Zázračné reálno" Magický realismus (Alejo Carpentier versus Gabriel Barcía Márquez). Brno: Host.
  • Marco, J. (1987). Literatura hispanoamericana. Madrid: Ed. Espasa Calpe.
  • Shaw, D. L. (1999). Nueva narrativa hispanoamericana. Madrid: Cátedra.


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