Course: Latin American Literature 1

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Course title Latin American Literature 1
Course code KRS/LAL1V
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Spanish
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Jurajdová Zuzana, Mgr.
  • Bařinová Martina, Mgr. M.A.
  • Hromada Jakub, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Samuelle Guillén Diego, Mgr.
Course content
Through their own reading, as well as debates over fictional and theoretical texts, students will become familiar with possible approaches to the creation and interpretation of not only literary works.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 24 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 100 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The goal of this course is to introduce students to the development of the "rainforest novel" across Hispanic American literature. The relationship between human and indomitable nature has been one of the cornerstones of Hispanic American identity from the chronicles of the 16th century through Romanticism, regionalism, indigenism, and the boom to contemporary trends in Amazonian literature with themes of feminism and ecocriticism.
Deepening the student's knowledge in the theory and interpretation of literary texts with the theme of the rainforest in Hispanic American literature.
Prerequisites
The course is primarily intended for students of Spanish philology (including other specialisations).

Assessment methods and criteria
Essay, Student performance, Analysis of linguistic

Active participation in class, reading of assigned texts, submission of final seminar paper.
Recommended literature
  • Aínsa, Fernando:. (2006). Del topos al logos: propuestas de Geopoética.. Iberoamericana.


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