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WRITERS AND ARTISTS

Dive into the social roles of writers in Latin America, explore magical realism, and discover the Boom era through Nobel laureates' works. This course delves into the complexities and richness of Latin American literature and society.

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WRITERS AND ARTISTS

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  1. WRITERS AND ARTISTS LATI 50 Introduction to Latin America

  2. WHERE ARE WE? • Week 1: Introduction • Modern Latin America, chs. 1-2 • Week 2: Dimensions of History • Modern Latin America, chs. 3 and 5 and website, Primary Documents 37, 39 • Week 3: A World of Multiple Truths • Chronicle of a Death Foretold, entire • Week 4: The Quest for Economic Development

  3. COURSE MATERIALS • Syllabus • Class outlines • Readings (available on reserve) • Videos in Visual Arts Library “The Americas” • MLA Website: • library.brown.edu/modernlatinamerica • PHS Website: • pages.ucsd.edu/~phsmith

  4. MID-TERM EXAM • Thursday, February 19 • 12:30-1:50 pm • Bring your own writing materials (blue books, pens) • Study Guide to be distributed in advance • Identification items (NB significance!) • Short essays • Choices where possible

  5. SOCIAL ROLES OF WRITERS IN LATIN AMERICA • Defining national/cultural identity (partly in relation to United States) • “Ariel” by José Enrique Rodó (1900) • Giving voice (and dignity) to general public • Critic of social injustice: fiction as reality • Celebrity status

  6. MEANINGS OF “MAGICAL REALISM” Controversial term Imagination>objectivity as path to human truth Sublime>mundane, absurd>logical Juxtaposition: massive scale in tiny places Straightforward narration of preposterous people and events

  7. THE “BOOM” Mid-1960s to 1990s (?) Latin America as culture and society, universalized at the same time Forefront of developing world

  8. NOBEL LAUREATES 1945: Gabriela Mistral (Chile) 1967: Miguel Angel Asturias (Guatemala) 1971: Pablo Neruda (Chile) 1982: Gabriel GarcíaMárquez (Colombia) 1990: Octavio Paz (Mexico) 1992: Derek Walcott (Caribbean) 2010: Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru)

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