Course: Latin American Literature 2

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Course title Latin American Literature 2
Course code KRS/LAL2V
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
Lecturer(s)
  • Hromada Jakub, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction to Hispanic American Literature of the first half of the 20th century. 2. Modernism in Poetry and the Short Story. 3. The Fantastic Short Story 4. Regionalism. 5. Avant-garde Poetry

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Projection (static, dynamic)
  • Semestral Work - 54 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 70 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
A comprehensive analysis of Hispanic American prose from the first half of the 20th century (realistic prose, influences of modernism, fantastic and experimental prose of the 1940s, the influence of myth in the 1950s), which precedes the boom of the 1960s. Theoretical knowledge acquired mainly in literary theory and in subjects devoted to Spanish and LA literature is applied. Texts are analyzed in terms of theme, plot, characters, imagination, language, style, etc. Students work on assigned topics based on their own studies and present them in written form.
Deepening knowledge of literary trends and interpretation of literary texts.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of the history of Hispanic American literature.

Assessment methods and criteria
Essay, Student performance

Participation in lectures and seminars, reading assigned literary and theoretical texts.
Recommended literature
  • Bellini, Giuseppe. Nueva historia de la literatura hispanoamericana. Madrid. 1997.
  • Poláková, Dora a kol. Moderní hispanoamerická literatura. Praha. 2023.


Study plans that include the course
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