Topics in Early Modern Literatures and Cultures (410-0-1)
Topic
Keywords in Early Colonial Latin American Literatu
Instructors
Caroline Rose Egan
Meeting Info
Kresge Centennial Hall 2-410: Wed 2:00PM - 4:50PM
Overview of class
Keywords in Early Colonial Latin American Literature:
This class offers an advanced survey of the literary and cultural production of early colonial Latin America--with a focus on Brazil, Mexico, and Peru--alongside a discussion of key theoretical and disciplinary approaches to the period. The course is structured around readings of major figures, works, and episodes in the early colonial period (1492-1695). We will read course materials in light of and against scholarly takes on critical keywords (such as archive, discourse, mestizaje, and sensorium) and frames (e.g., colonial, viceregal, transatlantic, and hemispheric). Required course readings will be in Spanish and English, with some optional readings in Portuguese. The class will be taught in English.
Registration Requirements
Please contact the department of Spanish & Portuguese to request a permission number, spanish-portuguese@northwestern.edu.
Class Materials (Required)
Adorno, Rolena, Colonial Latin American Literature: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2011). ISBN-13: 978-0199755028, ISBN-10: 0199755027 (also available online through Northwestern Libraries).
Titu Cusi: A 16th Century Account of the Conquest, ed. and trans. Nicole Delia Legnani (Cambridge: David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, 2005). ISBN-13: 9780674019737
All other readings will be provided on Canvas.
Class Materials (Suggested)
Cornejo-Polar, Antonio, and José Antonio Mazzotti, eds., Discurso en loor de la poesía: estudio y edición (CELACP, 2000). ISBN-13: 9780970492326
Cruz, Sor Juana Inés de la, Obras completas (Porrúa, 2007). ISBN-13: 9789700769509
Enrollment Requirements
Enrollment Requirements: Please contact the department of Spanish & Portuguese to request a permission number, spanish-portuguese@northwestern.edu.