SPAN 055. Literatura puertorriqueña contemporánea

Puerto Rico is one of the last standing colonies in the world and one of the most vibrant cultures in the Caribbean and in the United States. Since the end of the 19^th Century, Puerto Rican and Nuyorican artists and writers have dealt with their conflictive status with intelligence, inventiveness and humor. This class will explore the Puerto Rican imagination through its literary creations, including the work of Boricua writers in the U.S. We will cover 19^th- to 21^st-Century literature while discussing traditional as well as experimental and defiant discourses that embody the relationship between aesthetics, nationalism, and neocolonialism. By reading the work of authors such as Rosario Ferré, Luis Rafael Sánchez, René Marqués, Miguel Piñero, Eduardo Lalo, Ana Lydia Vega and Giannina Braschi, we will discuss ideas of nationalism, transnationalism, colonialism, race and gender in a variety of genres.
Prerequisite: SPAN 022 or 023, the equivalent or permission of the instructor.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: Spanish
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/spanish

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