Hispanic Cultures II: 1810-present

This course offers an overview of Latin American and Spanish culture and history from 1810 to the present. With a transatlantic approach, the class will examine critical and cultural aspects that define Spain and Latin America. These include: the wars of independence at the beginning of the 19th century, the formation of national identities in the Romanticism, the project of modernization at the onset of the 20th century, the avant-garde movements, the Spanish Civil War as an international conflict, the revolutionary movements of 60s and 70s, and globalization and transnationalism, among others.

Autorretrato (con pelo rizado), c. 1935 Frida Kahlo, (1907-1954)

Frida pinta su Autorretrato (con pelo rizado) como regalo para el matrimonio de Ella y Bertram Wolfe, escritor y biógrafo de Diego. Frida pasa una temporada con el matrimonio en Nueva York para reponer su ánimo. La pintora acaba de descubrir que su hermana Cristina y Diego mantienen una relación sentimental.

© D.R. Banco de México, fiduciario en el Fideicomiso Museos Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo

Learning Objectives

By the end of the semester students will be able to:

  1. Understand some of the social and political developments of Latin America and Spain from 1812 to the present.
  2. Understand some of the cultural manifestations (i.e. art and literature) of the Hispanic world
  3. Read critically and understand the intimate relationship between cultural, social and political developments.
  4. Research in-depth a specific topic (either a book, a writer, an artist, an artifact or a specific social or political development) and prepare a research paper using the MLA style.
  5. Prepare and deliver a professional presentation on the topic researched using charts or/and visual aids.

Texts

Semanas 1 & 2: . La independencia de América Latina (1810-1820)

SEMANAS 3 & 4 : El romanticismo y la formación de las identidades nacionales

SEMANAS 5 & 6: Modernismo, modernidad y la idea de América

SEMANAS 7 & 8: La revolución mexicana y las vanguardias

Semanas 9 & 10: La guerra civil española

SEMANAS 11 & 12: Movimientos revolucionarios en América Latina y el Caribe: Argentina y Cuba (1960s & 1970s). El Boom en la literatura

Resources

Resource Collections

5 Total Collections

Single Resources

17 Total Resources

Metadata

  • publisher place
    New York City
  • rights
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

    CC BY-NC-SA