Course: Latin American Literature 2

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Course title Latin American Literature 2
Course code KRS/LAL2V
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
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)
  • Hromada Jakub, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Vanney Julieta Marina, B.A.
Course content
1. Introduction to Contemporary Latin American Literature through the Concept of Subalternity. 2. The Body as Territory in Contemporary Latin American Narrative. 3. Literature, Archives, Testimony, and Memory. 4. Experimentation, Performance, and Collective Authorship.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Projection (static, dynamic)
  • Semestral Work - 54 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 70 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Analysis of contemporary Latin American literature focused on the relationship between aesthetic form and subaltern position. The course begins with a theoretical framework (Spivak, Cornejo Polar, García Canclini, Rama, Ludmer, Garramuňo, Ranciére, Bourriaud) and proceeds through three thematic axes: the body as a territory shaped by labor, illness, and animality (Eltit, Meruane, Tarazona); migration and forced displacement (Luiselli, Balam Rodrigo); and forms of community and collective experimentation (Rivera Garza, Guillermoprieto, Zelko). Students work on one of the texts included in the syllabus and present a final paper based on a reading hypothesis agreed upon with the instructor.
Deepening knowledge of literary trends and interpretation of literary texts.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of the history of Hispanic American literature.

Assessment methods and criteria
Essay, Student performance

Participation in lectures and seminars, reading assigned literary and theoretical texts.
Recommended literature
  • Bellini, Giuseppe. Nueva historia de la literatura hispanoamericana. Madrid. 1997.
  • Oviedo, J. M. Historia de la literatura hispanoamericana 3. Postmodernismo, vanguardia, regionalismo. Madrid. 2001.
  • Oviedo, J. M. Historia de la literatura hispanoamericana 4. De Borges al presente. Madrid. 2001.
  • Poláková, Dora a kol. Moderní hispanoamerická literatura. Praha. 2023.


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 (2025) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Spanish Philology (2021) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Spanish Language with focus on Latin America (2026) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Spanish Language with focus on Latin America (2021) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Spanish philology with specialization in translation and interpreting (2021) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Spanish Philology (2021) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Spanish Philology (2021) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Spanish Philology (2021) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter