9/9 -- Introducción

1a. Semana

9/14 -- Miguel Angel Asturias

• Biography (from the Nobel Foundation Page)
• Biografía (en español)
• Presentation Speech
• Acceptance Speech for Nobel
• Nobel Lecture 1967:  "The Latin America Novel: Testimony of An Epoch"
• Britannica Online Biography
• Retrato biográfico (handout)

9/16 -- Miguel Angel Asturias

• El popul vuh (Capítulos I y II): Online
• Poetry Selections (Selections to be assigned via email)
• Leyendas de Guatemala (Selections to be assigned via email)

2a. semana

9/21 -- Miguel Angel Asturias
• Hombres de maíz, Gaspar Ilóm

 
9/23 -- Miguel Angel Asturias
• Hombres de maíz, Gaspar Ilóm

3a semana

Note for 9/27 -- Watson Fellowship Informational Meeting (Northen Audiotorium, 7:00 pm)

9/28 -- Pablo Neruda

• Biography (from the Nobel Foundation Page)
• Britannica Online Biography
• Neruda, Su vida (from Departamento de Asuntos Culturales)
• Nobel Lecture 1971: "Towards the Splendid City"
• News Release: Radio Sweeden
• Retrato biográfico (handout)
• Antología escencial (Pages to be assigned)

9/30 -- Pablo Neruda

• Antología esencial

4a. semana

10/5 -- Pablo Neruda

• Antología esencial


10/7 -- Pablo Neruda
 

• Antología esencial
• "De las alturas de Machu Pichu" (audio recording)

Note: Weeknight of week 4 (date to be determined)

• Viewing of Il Postino (Film) -- {In lieu of class on 11/9}

5a. semana

10/12 -- Gabriel García Márquez

• Biography (from the Nobel Foundation Page)
• Britannica Online Biography and Recent Book Reviews
• Press Release
• Nobel Lecture 1982: "The Solitude of Latin America"
• Retrato biográfico (handout)

10/14--Reading Day

6a. semana

10/19 -- Gabriel García Márquez

• Del amor y otros demonios

10/21 -- Gabriel García Márquez

• Del amor y otros demonios

7a. semana

10/26 -- Gabriel García Márquez
 
• El amor en los tiempos de cólera

10/28 -- Gabriel García Márquez

• El amor en los tiempos de cólera

8a. semana

11/2 -- Gabriel García Márquez

• El amor en los tiempos de cólera

11/4 -- Gabriel García Márquez
 
• El amor en los tiempos de cólera

9a. semana

11/9 -- No class (in place of movie in week 4)

11/11 -- Gabriela Mistral
 
• Biography (from the Nobel Foundation Page)
• Biografía (en español)
• Acceptance Speech for Nobel
• Britannica Online Biography

Retrato biográfico (handout)

10a. semana

11/16 -- Gabriela Mistral
 
• Tala (other readings to be determined)

11/18 -- Octavio Paz

• Biography and Bibliography (from the Nobel Foundation Homepage)
• Britannica Online Biography and Reviews
• Press Release
• Retrato biográfico (handout)
• In Search of the Present: Nobel Lecture

11/20-11/28    Vacaciones

11a. semana

11/30 -- Octavio Paz

• El laberinto de la soledad

 
• NOTE: By the 30th, you should have finished Asturias, Neruda, García Márquez, and Mistral (and should be well under way with the final copy of Paz). This is the last day you can turn in any draft to receive grammatical suggestions.

12/2 -- Octavio Paz

• El laberinto de la soledad
• NOTE: On Thursday in the lab (and on Friday and Monday if need be) I will help you put some final touches on your Web pages

12a. semana

12/7 -- Octavio Paz

• El laberinto de la soledad

12/9 -- Viewing of Yo, la peor de todas (Film)

{To be scheduled pm during Week 12}
Read before viewing: Resumen de "Yo, la peor de todas"

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