Hispano American Literatures: from the Colonial Period to Processes of Independence

General characterization

Prerequisites

N/A

Bibliography

• Bhabha, H. K. (2005). «A questão outra. Estereótipo, discriminação e o discurso do colonialismo». In Sanches, M. R.(ed.), Deslocalizar a Europa. Antropologia. Arte, Literatura e História na Pós-Colonialidade. Lisboa: Livros Cotovia.
• Bellini, G. (1997). Nueva historia de la literatura hispanoamericana (3ª ed.). Madrid: Castalia.
• Franco, J. (2009). Historia de la literatura hispanoamericana (18.ª ed). Barcelona: Ariel.
• Mignolo, W. (2007). La idea de América Latina. La herida colonial y la opción decolonial. Barcelona: Editorial Gedisa.
• Oviedo, J. M. (2007). Historia de la Literatura Hispanoamericana. Madrid: Alianza Editorial.
• Todorov, T. (2000). La conquista de América. El problema del otro. México: Siglo Veintiuno Editores.

Teaching method

Presentation of the various topics by the lecturer; reading and discussion of a selection of texts covering the topics outlined in the syllabus.

Evaluation method

Continuous assessment - Two exames (each one 50%).(100%)

Subject matter

1. History and geopolitics of Hispanic America.
2. Precolonial Literature: Popol Vuh and Aztec poems.
3. The first chronicles of the West Indies. Bartolomé de las Casas.
4. Colonial Literature: Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala.
5. Romanticism: the case of «El matadero», by Esteban Echeverría.
6. Independence and national literatures: José María Heredia, José Martí and José Hernández.

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