FF:SJIA014 Culture of Latin America - Course Information

SJIA014 Culture of Latin America

Extent and Intensity

2/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Daniel Vázquez Touriño, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Darebný, Ph.D. (assistant)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Ivo Buzek, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Milada Malá, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Tue 8:00–9:40 N41, Wed 16:00–17:40 G31, except Tue 5. 11. ; and Tue 5. 11. 8:00–9:40 N42

Prerequisites

SJIA009 History and Culture II
Úvod do dějin a kultury hispanofonních zemí I, II

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Spanish Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Spanish Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives

Main objectives of the subjects are to explain basic history of Latin America in relation with its social and cultural background and focus on representation of basic historical events in Latin American literature.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course, students will be able to imply and explain the basic historical and literary phenomena and prove their opinions on a concrete text.

Syllabus

• 1.- Main concepts. 2.- America before Columbus. Descovery and conquest. 3.- The colony: government, society. Polemics around the rights of the native Americans. 4.- Culture in the colony: the chronicles. 5.- Culture in the colony II: Baroque era. 6.- The Independency: precedents and development. 7.- XIXth century: civilización y barbarie in the process of creation of the nation States. 8.- Economical developmente and modernity in Latin America. 9.- The Cold War in Latin America: revolutions, dictatorships, imperialism and literature. 10.- Latin America in the globalized world. 11.- Contemporary culture, arts and literature.

Literature

required literature
• QUESADA MARCO, Sebastián. Imágenes de América Latina. Primera edición. Madrid: Edelsa, 2001, 96 stran. ISBN 9788477115878. info
• QUESADA MARCO, Sebastián. Imágenes de América Latina. Primera edición. Madrid: Edelsa, 2001, 137 stran. ISBN 9788477115861. info

recommended literature
• MONSIVÁIS, Carlos. Aires de familia : cultura y sociedad en América Latina. 3. ed. Barcelona: Anagrama, 2006, 254 s. ISBN 843390597X. info
• DONGHI, Tulio Halperin. Historia contemporánea de América latina. 1. ed. Madrid: Alianza Ed, 1998, 750 pp. ISBN 84-206-3515-4. info
• VÁZQUEZ, Germán and Nelson Martínez DÍAZ. Historia de América Latina. 1. ed. Madrid: Sociedad General Espanola de Librería, 1998, 215 s. ISBN 84-7143-643-4. info
• CHALUPA, Jiří. Historia y geografía de América Latina. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 1997, 49 pp. info

not specified
• Giuseppe Bellini, Historia de la literatura hispanoamericana. Madrid, Editorial Castalia 1986.
• Luis Íńigo Madrigal (coord.), Historia de la literatura hispanoamericana, tomos I, II. Madrid, Cátedra 1982, 1987.
• José Miguel Oviedo, Historia de la literatura hispanoamericana I, II. Madrid, Alianza Editorial 1995, 1997.
• Housková, Anna. Slovník spisovatelů Latinské Ameriky : Argentina, Bolívie, Brazílie, Dominikánská republika, Ekvádor, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Chile, Kolumbie, Kostarika, Kuba, Mexiko, Nikaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portoriko, Salvador, Surinam, U

Teaching methods

Lectures, consultations, home study, homewors, written paper, presentation.

Assessment methods

Blind map, written paper, homeworks, final exam, presentation.

Language of instruction

Spanish

Follow-Up Courses

• SJIA023 Hispano-American Literature I

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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