SPAN 315 - Imaginary Caribbean:Literature of Cuba and Puerto Rico

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Saint Xavier University

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Cross Ref: LS 315 The course will focus on the Caribbean as the site of the imaginary: how Europeans in the 16th century variously conceived of the area as the site of religious Utopia as well as commercial exploitation; how Cuban and Puerto Rican authors of the 19th century simultaneously sought to achieve independence from Spain as they articulated notions of nationhood. Finally, the course will examine Cuban-American and U.S. Puerto Rican authors. The thread binding these three disparate groups together will be the concept of la nación so ada [the dreamt nation]. Authors may include: Cristóbal Colón, Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, GonzaFernández de Oviedo, Fray I igo Abbad y Lasierra, Andree Pierre Ledrú, José Martí, José Gautier Benítez, Cayetano CoToste, Tato Laviera, Esmeralda Santiago, Virgil Suárez and Zoe Valdés. In Spanish or English.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.SXU.EDU

Phone Number:

(773) 298-3000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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