SPANISH 346 - Transatlantic Travel Writing:Two Centuries of Writing the Americas and Spain

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Bard College

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This course looks at a variety of travel writers, beginning with French and North American revolutionary hero Francisco de Miranda and continuing through El País (Madrid) columnist Maruja Torres's sentimental journey through Latin America. Special attention is paid to the transatlantic dialogue between Europe and America-Spanish visions of the New World (North and South) and Latin American visions of North America and Europe. Focus is also placed on the political and aesthetic debates behind the writing and political uses of the exotic. Texts range from travel diaries and fully conceived travel books to Juan Ramón Jiménez'innovative poetic notebook of his visit to the United States. Readings, class discussions, and assignments are in Spanish. Prerequisites: Spanish 301 or 302 and permission of the instructor.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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