2018-2019 / LROM0070-1

Literatures and societies of contemporary Hispanic America

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Master in multilingual communication (120 ECTS)5 crédits 
 Master in modern languages and literatures : general (120 ECTS)5 crédits 

Lecturer

Patricia Willson

Language(s) of instruction

Spanish language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

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Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the course, the student should be able to propose an interpretive reading of texts of the corpus, and to establish relations between them and their historical, social and aesthetic-ideological context.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Good command of Spanish (written and oral comprehension, written and oral production).

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

In addition to the ex-cathedra presentations, the planned learning activities are: home reading of corpus texts; classroom analysis of these texts; reading and class discussion of critical texts; and viewing and class discussion of documentaries and interviews.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

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Recommended or required readings

Recommended readings
Altamirano, Carlos y Beatriz Sarlo, Literatura / Sociedad, 2nd ed., Buenos Aires, Edicial, 2001. Gorelik, Adrián, Fernanda Arêas Peixoto (comp.), Ciudades sudamericanas como arenas culturales, Buenos Aires, Siglo XXI Editores, 2016. From Certeau, Michel, "Andares de la ciudad", in La invención de lo cotidiano, trad. Alejandro Pescador, México, Universidad Iberoamericana, 1996. Lafforgue, Jorge, Cartografía personal, Barcelona, Taurus, 2005. Rama, Ángel, La ciudad letrada, Montevideo, Arca, 1998. Tanner, Tony, "La ciudad", in Michael Payne (ed.), Diccionario de teoría crítica y estudios culturales, trad. Patricia Willson, Buenos Aires, Paidós, 2002. Zanatta, Loris, Historia de América Latina, Buenos Aires, Siglo XXI Editores, 2012.
NB: additional readings will be added during the quadrimester.

Assessment methods and criteria

The weight of different evaluation items on the final mark is as follows: 25% for participation in class discussions and the writing of an essay or a report (1200 words); 75% for the written examination scheduled for the end of the semester. The evaluation criteria are: i) relevance of responses; (ii) conceptual precision; (iii) clarity of drafting.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

In addition to the two weekly hours of classes, there will be schedules for individual tutoring. Hours of service: Friday, from 16:00 to 18:00.

Contacts

Patricia WILLSON
pwillson@ulg.ac.be