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Official Course
Description: MCCCD Approval: 6-25-96 |
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SPH151
1996 Fall – 2010 Fall |
LEC
3.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load
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Latin
American Literature in Translation |
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Continuation
of SPH150. Other representative works of Latin American literature from the
modernist movement to the present covered in English translation. Knowledge
of Spanish not required. Prerequisites: None. |
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MCCCD
Official Course Competencies: |
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SPH151 1996 Fall –
2010 Fall |
Latin American Literature in Translation |
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Read and analyze selected representative works of Latin-
American Spanish literature. (I-VIII) |
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Describe and name, with examples, the stages in the
development of Latin-American Spanish literature from the sixteenth century
to the literary production of the twentieth century. (I-VIII) |
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Integrate the history of Latin America with the literature
produced during each century, from the sixteenth century to the twentieth
century. (I-VIII) |
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List the major elements of the literature of each century.
(I- VIII) |
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Outline the major elements of each literary genre: prose
(novel and short story), drama, and poetry. (I-VIII) |
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Detail and integrate the elements of character analysis,
structure, language, and style that join to form a literary work. (I-VIII) |
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Write, in clear and concise language, short analyses of
the literature read, paying attention to character development, structure,
language usage, and style. (I-VIII) |
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MCCCD
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SPH151 1996 Fall –
2010 Fall |
Latin American Literature in Translation |
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I. Backgrounds of
Latin-American Spanish literature: indigenous tribes prior to the conquest II. Literature of
discovery, conquest, exploration, and evangelization (1492-1600) A. Prose 1. Letters and reports 2. Chronicles and histories
B. Poetry C. Drama III. Flowering and decline
of colonial letters (1600-1750) A. Poetry 1. Epic and descriptive 2. Lyric and satiric B. Prose C. Drama IV. Period of enlightenment
and revolt (1750-1832) A. Poetry 1. Heroic and popular 2. Lyric B. Prose C. Drama V. Romanticism (1832-1888) A. Poetry 1. Lyric 2. Gaucho B. Prose 1. Fiction 2. Essay and "Tradici—n" C. Drama VI. Realism and naturalism
(1854-1918) A. Prose B. Poetry C. Drama VII. Modernism (1882-1910) VIII. Twentieth century A. Poetry 1. Postmodernism 2. Vanguard poetry B. Prose 1. Essay 2. Fiction a. Social protest b. Psychological and
philosophical c. Historical, regional,
autobiographical C. Drama |