Latin American Avant-Gardes (343-0-2)

Instructors

Germán Campos-Muñoz

Meeting Info

Kresge Centennial Hall 2-430: Mon, Wed 3:30PM - 4:50PM

Overview of class

This course provides a survey of the literary phenomenon of Latin American avant-garde movements in the early 20th-century. While placing special emphasis on the production and circulation of poetry in the formation of debates defining the period, the class will also consider an array of related literary, philosophical, and artistic works—including prose manifestoes, critical journalism, essayistic writing, painting, sculpture, cinematography, architecture, etc. The primary language of the class and source materials will be Spanish. However, given the transregional and internationalist nature of the phenomenon, the class will also foreground the multilingual character of literary production and consumption in avant-garde circles, the trasnational exchanges between Latin American writers and artists hailing from other parts of the world, and the perennial negotiation between local questions of identity and canon versus the international dimension of the political, artistic, and philosophical debates informing avant-garde movements across the world.

Prerequisites: SPAN 250, 251, 260 or 261

Registration Requirements

Prerequisites: SPAN 250, 251, 260 or 261

Class Materials (Required)

All reading materials will be available in Canvas

Class Attributes

Advanced Expression
Literature and Arts Foundational Discipline
Literature & Fine Arts Distro Area

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisite: 1 course from SPANISH 250-0, SPANISH 251-0, SPANISH 260-0, or SPANISH 261-0