COLORADO
STATE UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT
OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
CARIBBEAN
CULTURE IN HISPANIC LITERATURE
DR.
FERNANDO VALERIO
FALL 2008
CLARK
120
SPA 435-001
PH:
(970) 491-5022
T R 3:30-4:45 PM
E-MAIL:
fvalerio@mail.colostate.edu
EDDY 108
OFFICE
HOURS: T R 12:30-2:00PM AND BY
APPOINTMENT
VISIT THE VIRTUAL LEARNING CENTER AT:
http://lamar.colostate.edu/~fvalerio
COURSE
DESCRIPTION: A study of Caribbean culture, literature, and film with special
emphasis on African heritage, gender issues and cultural identity.
Primary texts include readings in social and cultural history, films,
autobiographies, historical fiction and poetry. The whole course (including
lectures, discussions, and exams) will be conducted in Spanish.
COURSE
OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:
a.
Acquire skills in analysis of Caribbean literature.
b.
Establish connections among several literary genres and artistic means from the
Caribbean.
c.
Become aware of the importance of the African Heritage in Caribbean culture.
d.
Develop an understanding of Caribbean culture through different artistic
manifestations.
e. Become aware of the
discrimination of women and minority groups in Caribbean
societies.
TEXTS:
*Marilyn Bobes et al. L@s nuev@s caníbales Vol.1:
Antología de la más reciente cuentística del Caribe Hispano. San Juan,
Puerto Rico: Editorial Isla Negra, 2000.
*Pausides
et al. L@s nuev@s caníbales Vol.2: Antología de la más reciente poesía
del Caribe hispano. San
Juan, Puerto Rico: Editorial Isla Negra, 2003
*Antonio Lot Helgueras. El Caribe.
Madrid: Anaya, 1988.
*José Arteaga. Música
del Caribe. Santa Fe
de Bogotá, Colombia: Editorial Voluntad, 1994.
*Veerle
Poupeye, Caribbean Art. London: Thames and Hudson, 1988.
A
reading Packet in E-Reserve at the Library.
FILMS:
Hasta cierto Punto
de Tomás Gutiérrez Alea.
Retrato de
Teresa de Pastor Vega.
Lucia de Humberto Solás
La vida es silbar de Fernando Pérez (Cuba).
Fresa y Chocolate de Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. (Cuba)
GRADING
Participation
10%
Assignments
10%
Presentation
1 (Essay) 5%
Presentation
2 (Topic) 15%
Quizzes
10%
Mid-term
exam
20%
Final
exam
30%
100%
GRADE
BEAKDOWN
A+
97-100
C+
77-79
A
94-96
C
74-76
A-
90-93
D
60-73
B+ 87-89
F
0-59
B
84-86
B- 80-83
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AUGUST
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Week 1:
T 25:
Introducción al curso. Presentación del profesor y de los estudiantes.
Explicación
del programa. El Concepto de cultura. Mapa del Caribe.
R 27: Caribe, “Introducción”.
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SEPTEMBER
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Week 2:
T 1: El
Caribe, “El
mediterráneo americano”. El Caribe,
“Siglos XIX y XX”
R 3: El
Caribe, “La
región del Caribe”
Week
3:
September
9: Courses add ends.
T 8:
El Caribe,
“El mar de las antillas”
R 10: Video:
Hasta
cierto Punto de Tomás
Gutiérrez Alea.
Week 4:
T 15:
Video: Hasta
cierto Punto de Tomás
Gutiérrez Alea. Discusión.
R 17:
L@s nuev@s caníbales Vol.1: Cuba: “Presentación”, Francisco López Sacha.
Leonardo
Padura
Fuentes. Hugo Luis Sánchez. Miguel Mejides. Adelaida Fernández de Juan.
Abel Prieto.
**1. Edouard
Glissand, "Forced Poetics, Natural Poetics"
1. __________________ 2. ___________________
Week
5:
T
22: Anna Lidia Vega Serova. José
Félix León. Mylene Fernández. Alberto Guerra Naranjo.
Ernesto Pérez Chang.Ángel Santiesteban. Ena Lucía Portela.
Pedro de Jesús. Aida Bahr.
**2.
Gerard Pierre Charles, "Introducción". El Caribe Contemporáneo.
1.
___________________________ 2. ___________________ 3. __________________
R 24: República Dominicana:
“Presentación”, Pedro Peix. Luis Martín Gómez. Julio Adames.
Santiago Gutiérrez-Campo. Pedro Camilo. Miguel Ángel Gómez.
Week 6:
T
29: Pastor de Moya. Máximo Vega. Ángela Hernández Núñez.
Franklyn Gutiérrez. Rafael
Romero. Pedro Antonio Valdez. René Rodríguez Soriano. Aurora Arias. Puerto
Rico:
Luis López Nieves.José Liboy. Eduardo Lalo. Georgiana Pietri. Daniel Nina. Max
Resto.
Daniel Torres. Mayra Santos-Febres. Juan López
Bauzá. Giannina Braschi.
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OCTOBER
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R
1: Luis Castillo. Angela López Borrero. Pepo Costa. Pedro Cabiya. Marta
Aponte
Alsina.
Ana Lydia Vega.
Week 8:
T 6: L@s nuev@s caníbales Vol.2. Cuba:
Soleida Ríos. Reina María Rodríguez. Efraín
Rodríguez
Santana. Marylin Bobes. Jorge Luis Arcos. Rito Ramón Aroche. Teresa
Melo.
Sigfredo
Ariel. Reinaldo García Blanco. Carlos Augusto Alfonso..
** 3. José Martí, "Nuestra América"
1.
_________________________ 2. ______________________
R 8: Antonio José Ponte. Omar Pérez. Pedro Marqués de Armas.
Damaris Calderón. Gerardo
Fernández
Fé.
Week
9:
T
13: Examen I.
R
15: Caribbean Art,
"Introduction", "Prehispanic and Colonial Art".
**4.
Luis Rafael Sánchez, "La guagua aérea".
1.
_______________________ 2. ____________________
Week
10:
October
19: Course withdrawal period ends.
T
20: Caribbean Art,
"Modernism and Cultural Nationalism"; "Popular Religion,
ther Festival Arts and the
Visionary".
**5. Antonio Benítez Rojo, "La isla que se repite".
1.
_________________________ 2. ____________________
R 22: Caribbean Art, "Revolution, Anti- Imperialism and
Race Cosciousness".
**6.
Mary Chamberlian, "Caribbean Migration".
1. _______________________ 2.
_____________________
Week
11:
T
27: Caribbean Art, "Nature in the Caribbean"; "The Self
and the Other", "Recent
Developments".
**7. Stuart Hall,
“Negotiaitn Caribbean Identities”.
1. _______________________ 2. ____________________
R 29: Exhibición
de diapositivas.
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NOVEMBER
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Week 12:
T 3: Música
del Caribe: “Presentación”, “Raíces”, “La música del
Caribe...”. Música del Caribe:
“Los
años 40”, “Los años 50”. Música del Caribe: “Los años 60”,
“Los años 70”.
**8. Robin Cohen,
“Caribbean Migration”.
1._____________________ 2. ____________________ 3. _____________________
R
5: REAJUSTE. TBA
Week
13:
T 10:
Música del Caribe: “Los años 80”, “Los años 90”, “Los instrumentos del Caribe”.
**9.
Roberto Fernández Retamar, “Calibán”.
1.
____________________ 2. _____________________
R 12:
Audiciones musicales.
Week 14:
T 17: Audiciones
musicales.
R
19: Examen II
November
21-29: Fall Recess.
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DECEMBER
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Week
15:
T
1: Reportes orales.
R 3: Reportes orales.
T 8: Reportes orales.
R
10: Reportes orales.
December
11: Classes end.
December
14: Final Examination Week.
December
18, 19: Commencement Ceremonies