Course: Latin American Literature 1

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Course title Latin American Literature 1
Course code KRS/LAL1V
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Spanish
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Jurajdová Zuzana, Mgr.
  • Bařinová Martina, Mgr. M.A.
  • Hromada Jakub, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Samuelle Guillén Diego, Mgr.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 24 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 100 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The goal of this course is to introduce students to the development of the "rainforest novel" across Hispanic American literature. The relationship between human and indomitable nature has been one of the cornerstones of Hispanic American identity from the chronicles of the 16th century through Romanticism, regionalism, indigenism, and the boom to contemporary trends in Amazonian literature with themes of feminism and ecocriticism.

Prerequisites
The course is primarily intended for students of Spanish philology (including other specialisations).

Assessment methods and criteria
Essay, Student performance, Analysis of linguistic

Active participation in class, reading of assigned texts, submission of final seminar paper.
Recommended literature
  • Aínsa, Fernando:. (2006). Del topos al logos: propuestas de Geopoética.. Iberoamericana.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Spanish philology with specialization in translation and interpreting (2021) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Spanish Philology (2021) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Spanish Philology (2021) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Spanish Philology (2021) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Spanish Language with focus on Latin America (2021) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Spanish Philology (2021) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer