Course Description
Representations of Africa and African American culture in Hispanic Literature by writers of African descent. By covering a variety of genres, the course will provide discussion about a cultural identity that is constantly in dialogue with dominant discourses. The course will incorporate critical texts.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Six-page bibliographical essay on major work or author. Publishable paper of 18 rather than 12 pages with 20 sources rather than 10.
Athena Title
AFR HISPANIC IDENT
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
1) Study in fiction, autobiography, various prose, drama, and poetry in Afro-Hispanic literarture, particularly of the Carribean and South America. 2) Inquiry into the literary shapes of cultural identity. 3) Examination of the historical context and intellectual traditions. 4) Inquiry into international sources for Afro-Hispanic texts in the United States. 5) Placement of the inquiry within the major literary movements (Harlem Renaissance, N‚gritude, and Latino) in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. See 20 above.
Topical Outline
Texts Used: Cabrera, Lydia. "Cuentos negros de Cuba"; Cunha, Helena Parente. A mulher no espelho. The woman in the mirror. Fred P. Ellison and Naomi Lindstrom, transl.; Do Nascimento, Abdias. "Sortilegio"; Duncan, Quince. "Dawn Song", "The Pocomia Rebellion" in The Best Short Stories of Quince Duncan. Dellita Martin-Ogunsola, ed.; Guillen, Nicolas. "Songoro Cosongo" or "Motivos de Son"; Zapata Olivella, Manuel. Chambacu: A Black Slum. Jonathan Tittler, transl. Critical Texts for this course will include some of the ones listed for the first one proposed, such as those by Jackson, Moore, and Sollors. See texts above.
Syllabus