Spring, 2005 Student Name: _______________________________________
Spanish 4322,MWF, 12:00pm to 1:00pm, Sect.05785, Room 303 AH
Professor: Dr. Carlos H. Monsanto, 420AH, Tel 743-3061; fax 7430935, Email: chmonsanto@hotmail.com Home Fax: 281-494-6948.
OFFICE HOURS: MWF 9:30AM to 11:00AM and 1:00PM to 2:00PM.
TEXTS AND SUPPLIES: VOCES DE HISPANOAMERICA, Third Edition.
Strongly recommended: APROXIMACIONES AL ESTUDIO DE LA LITERATURA
HISPANA, any edition.
OBJECTIVES:
A.
The textual analysis of works by major Latin
American writers from Modernism to the present, (1882 to now). B.
An introduction to literary theory will be presented.
All
students will also be guided to plan, research, organize and write
a quality term paper, and to integrate Latin American Literature
to its social and cultural contexts.
PREREQUISITES: Spa 3302, 3304.
If you have not taken Spa 3304,
you cannot be in this class.
REQUIREMENTS AND ACADEMIC REGULATIONS: Four hours of UNEXCUSED
absences may result in dismissal from course. B. All exams, term
paper, etc. must be original works. Academic dishonesty of any
kind will result in an F for the course. C. No make-ups of any
test or quiz unless proper written proof is provided to document
the reason why the student was unable to take the exam. The term
paper must be developed according to the following schedule, no
exceptions: February 4: Submit title and bibliography; March 4:
Submit a complete outline of the paper; April 4: Submit rough
draft; May 1: Submit final draft. All term papers must be
submitted to www.turnitin.com, according to instructions provided by
the Professor. The term paper must include references to three (3)
critical sources. No two students may write a term paper on the
same writer. All exams will be written at the Language Resource
Center.
PLEASE NOTE Dr. Monsanto is legally blind and as a
result he has poor handwriting. He will be glad to correct orally
your examinations, either by phone or in the office.
Any
questions regarding grades, or any suggestions or other issues
must be discussed in private.
There is to be no unnecessary
talking during the class, PARTICULARLY, when Dr. Monsanto is
lecturing, or a student is making an oral presentation. Students
are expected to study 3 hours per week, per semester credit, which
means you are expected to study nine hours a week for this class,
as per the UH student handbook.
GRADE CUTOFFS: 97-100 A+, 93-96, 90-92:A-, 87-89:B+, 83-86:B, 8082:B-, 77-79:C+, 73-76: C, 70-72:C-, 67-69: D+, 63-66: D, 60-62:
D-0-59: Sorry, F.
GRADE DISTRIBUTION: Two Major Exams: 40%; Oral Presentation: 20%;
Term Paper: 20%; Final Exam: 20%.
The oral presentation is to focus on the writers being studied in
class. The presentations must answer the questions at the end of
each writer being studied.
Two critical sources must be
consulted. Students who do not make presentations on the day
schedule may suffer loss of points. The final draft of the term
paper must be submitted to www.turnitin.com ON THE DATE IT IS DUE. A
student plagiarizing more than 10% of their papers will receive an
F for the class. Students with disabilities who request a
reasonable accommodations must present at the beginning of the
course the proper documentation from the UH Office of Students
with Disabilities.
STUDY PLAN:
INTRODUCTION:
Since all students have to make an
oral presentation, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PRESENTATION IS ON
THE DATES WHEN THE WRITER YOU HAVE CHOSEN WILL BE STUDIED IN
CLASS. FURTHERMORE, MAKE SURE THAT YOU WRITE THE INFORMATION
CORRECTLY ABOUT THIS ORAL PRESENTATION AND YOUR TERM PAPER ALL
EXAMINATIONS MUST BE WRITTEN IN BLUE BOOKS, IN EITHER BLUE OR
BLACK INK, OR STRONG PENCIL.
My
oral
prsentation
___________________.
will
be
on
the
following
writer:
It
will
include
the
following
critical
sources:
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
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STUDY PLAN:
January 18-21
“La realidad americana y la renovación literaria, (1882-1910)”,
pp.197-206. Baldomero Lillo: “El chiflón del diablo”.
José Martí "Versos Sencillos" "Copa con alas”
January 24-28
Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera: "Para Entonces" "De blanco"
José Asunción Silva: "Nocturno (III)
Rubén Darío: Etapas de su vida y su obra.
1.
2.
3.
January 31-February 4
Rubén Darío: Era Un Aire Suave" "Sonatina"
"Lo Fatal" "Los cisnes"
1.
2.
3.
February 7-11
PRIMER EXAMEN: Exams will include identifications, and essay
questions.
February 14- 18
“Continuidad y ruptura: Hacia una nueva expresión, (1910-1960” pp.
280-292. Horacio Quiroga: “El hijo”
1.
2.
3.
February 21-25
Delmira Agustini: "El Intruso""Las alas" "Tu amor"
Gabriela Mistral: "Los sonetos de la muerte"
1.
2.
3.
February 28-March 4
Gabriela Mistral: "Pan" "La desvelada"
Alfonsina Storni: "Tu me quieres blanca" "Peso ancestral"
"Hombre pequeñito"
1.
2.
3.
March 7-11
Cesar Vallejo:
"Los heraldos negros" "XXVIII" "Masa" Nicolás
Guillén: “Balada de los dos abuelos”
1.
2.
3.
March 21-25
SEGUNDO EXAMEN
March 28-April 1
Jorge Luis Borges: "Borges y yo""El sur
April 4-8
Alejo Carpentier: "Semejanate a la noche"
Juan Rulfo: "Nos han dado la tierra"
1.
2.
3.
April 11-15
“Consolidación y expansión, (1960-1975)”, pp. 409-426.
Julio Cortázar "La isla a media noche"
1.
2.
3.
April 18-22
Carlos Fuentes "Chac Mool" Gabriel García Márquez: “La prodigiosa
tarde de Baltazar”.
1.
2.
3.
April 25-29
Elena Poniatowska: “Las lavanderas”,“Esperanza número quivocado”.
Asimilación y Diferencia, pp. 503-510. Rosario Ferré: “La muñeca
menor”
1.
2.
May 2
Isabel Allende: “Clarisa”
1.
MAY 11
FINAL EXAMINATION: 11am to 2pm