Description
Critical study of representative authors from colonial times to the twentieth century. Introduces students to key works by writers such as: Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Ruben Dario, Gabriela Mistral, Jorge Luis Borges, Juan Rulfo, etc. By exposing students to these literary texts, the course will focus on further developing academic writing and its genres (narrative, persuasive, expository). Taught in English.
This course fills the requirement for MLO6: Research and Technology
This course was taught in English and consisted of weekly online discussions that required a short analysis on one of the works looked at that week. In addition to these written discussions, I was also asked to participate in small activities allowing me to reflect on the reading assigned to be completed by that class. In continuation to this mental reflection, I was required to also discuss certain points of the novel, short story, or article with fellow classmates. This helped in creating a safe environment to interpret the work in my own way. In case there was any confusion with the text, this time of the class was meant to clarify any questions. This especially helped when it came to more confusing works that I did not quite grasp the first time I read them. This course also consisted of a final project analyzing a book of my choice written by a Latin American author but translated from Spanish to English. In this written paper I was asked to claim an argument and detail its significance to further literary research. I chose to do it on Isabelle Allende’s The House of Spirits and how while the story is written about the stories of female characters, the historical context of the country of Chile was intertwined within it. The final presentation was to be presented before the actual paper was finished, allowing classmates as well as the instructor to understand the direction I was heading with the chosen book. Overall, this course was able to help me organize my thoughts and analizations as well as practice my skills of asking questions that will help understand literary works to a deeper extent. I will carry this skill with me whenever I choose to read any literature because behind every story is a significance to why it was written.
This course fills the requirement for MLO6: Research and Technology
This course was taught in English and consisted of weekly online discussions that required a short analysis on one of the works looked at that week. In addition to these written discussions, I was also asked to participate in small activities allowing me to reflect on the reading assigned to be completed by that class. In continuation to this mental reflection, I was required to also discuss certain points of the novel, short story, or article with fellow classmates. This helped in creating a safe environment to interpret the work in my own way. In case there was any confusion with the text, this time of the class was meant to clarify any questions. This especially helped when it came to more confusing works that I did not quite grasp the first time I read them. This course also consisted of a final project analyzing a book of my choice written by a Latin American author but translated from Spanish to English. In this written paper I was asked to claim an argument and detail its significance to further literary research. I chose to do it on Isabelle Allende’s The House of Spirits and how while the story is written about the stories of female characters, the historical context of the country of Chile was intertwined within it. The final presentation was to be presented before the actual paper was finished, allowing classmates as well as the instructor to understand the direction I was heading with the chosen book. Overall, this course was able to help me organize my thoughts and analizations as well as practice my skills of asking questions that will help understand literary works to a deeper extent. I will carry this skill with me whenever I choose to read any literature because behind every story is a significance to why it was written.