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Nobel Laureates of Spanish America
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An intensive examination of the Nobel laureates of 20th-century Spanish America, including Gabriel Mistral (poetry), Miguel Angel Asturias (prose), Pablo Neruda (poetry), Gabriel Garcia Marquez (prose), and Octavio Paz (poetry/essay). In addition to textual analyses of representative works, the seminar will also address various dynamics of society and literature. Students are expected to lead discussion in class, participate on the Web-based forum, and complete a major term portfolio(either as a Web-based project or in print form). |
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Lee McKeever (00) ECON,SPAN
Athena Anne Mahoney (00) SPAN,JOURC
Polly Anne Doig (00) SPAN,JOURC
Elizabeth Ellen Reynolds (00) ROMLS
Roshni Mona Nirody (00) EASIA,SPAN
Gavin Biddle Dean (00) SPAN,POL
Elizabeth Anne Harvey (00) ROMLS
Kathryn Joan Giard (00) SPAN,POL
Erin Ashley Buck (00) JOURC,SPAN
Dylan Patrick Walsh (00) SPAN,POL
Rachel Leanne Bowes (01) ROMLS
Gabriela
Mistral -- "... for her lyric poetry which, inspired by powerful
emotions, has made her name a symbol of the idealistic inspirations of
the entire Latin American world..."
Miguel
Angel Asturias -- "...for his vivid literary achievement,
deep-rooted in the national traits and traditions of Indian peoples of
Latin America..."
Pablo
Neruda -- "...for a poetry that with the action of an elemental
force brings alive a continent's destiny and dreams..." 
Gabriel
García Márquez -- "...for his novels and short
stories, in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a richly
composed world of imagination, reflecting a continent's life and conflicts..."
Octavio
Paz --"...for impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized
by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity..."