Module Code - Title:
SP4622
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INDIGENISMO AND NEGRISMO IN LATIN AMERICA LITERATURE
Year Last Offered:
2025/6
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
SP4003
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
Aims & Objectives:
To analyse Latin American literature from the marginalised perspective of two distinct ethnic groups as a way of examining the authenticity and specificity of Latin American peoples and their literature. To broaden and enrich studentsÆ critical thinking by exposing them to issues closely related to the quest for human rights and freedom of marginal groups in Latin America.
Syllabus:
Students will analyse poetry, novels and testimonies by/about black and indigenous populations to include some of the following: Alcides Arguedas (Bolivia), Jorge Icaza and Adalberto Ortiz (Ecuador), Miguel Angel Asturias (Guatemala),JosÚ MarÝa Arguedas, Enrique López Alb·jar and NicomÚdes Santa Cruz (Per·), Lydia Cabrera and Manuel Cofi±o (Cuba) among others.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
On sucessful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Identify the main characteristics of literary texts within the indigenista and negrista movement in Latin America/
Analyse and critically evaluate the importance of literary work within the indigenista and negrista Latin American movement from a utopian and subversive perspective.
Explain the origins and development to date of indigenista and negrista social and political movement.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
On sucessful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Integrate world wide issues related to human rights, discrimination and equal opportunities in an analysis of contemporary Latin America.
Relate indigenismo and negrismo movements to s
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
N/A
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
One lecture and two tutorials per week. The lecture will include a powerpoint presentation and will relate to aspects discussed in a brainstorm session at the very beginning of each class. A similar approach will be used in tutorials but the student will have to read specific texts/articles, watch material on DVD beforehand, and also make use of recommended internet resources. Then, discussion on various aspects related to the theme in question will be discussed and facilitated by the lecturer/tutor.
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
Arguedas, J.M., . . (1997)
Los ríos profundos
, London: Bristol Classical Press
Ojeda, M., . . (2003)
Nicomedes Santa Cruz: Ecos de África en Perú
, Woodbridge: Rochester, N.Y.: Tamesis.
Moraña, Mabel (Ed.), . (1998)
Indigenismo hacia el fin del milenio. Homenaje a Antonio Cornejo Polar.
, Pittsburg: Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana.
Other Relevant Texts:
Muñoz, Braulio, (1982)
Sons of the Wind: the Search for Identity in Spanish American Indian literature.
, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.
William, Luis (Ed.), (1984)
Voices from Under: Black narrative in Latin America and the Caribbean.
, Westport, Conn.; London: Greenwood Press.
Aibar Rey, Elena, . (1992)
Identidad y resistencia cultural en las obras de José María Arguedas.
, Lima: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial.
Andrews, G., (2004)
Afro-Latin America 1800-2000.
, Oxford: OUP.
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Module Leader:
mariano.paz@ul.ie