Literary Trends in the Hispanic World | Indigenous Writings of Colonial Spanish America
Course Description
This course studies indigineous and mestizo versions of the conquest and colonial societies of Spanish America. We base our reflection on documents written by Inca Garcilaso de la Vega and Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala in Peru, and Fernando de Alvarado Tezozomoc and Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl in Mexico, among others. We aim to observe at the links between these texts and present-day situation of indigenous minorities in Latin America.
Learning Goals
At the end of this class the students should be able to:
1. Learning the foundations of Latin American subjectivity
2. Learning to reflect about colonial and contemporary texts that build representations of Indian subjectivity
3. Increased awareness of the difference between texts that intent to be referential from those that are representations
4. Becoming critical thinkers when approaching non-western views of the world
5. Organize, articulate and express their thoughts in well-written research papers with a publishable quality for an academic journal
Required Materials
• Alvarado Tezozomoc, Fernando. Crónica mexicayotl
• Avila, Francisco de. Ritos y Tradiciones de Huarochirí
• Acosta, José de. Procurando la salvación de los indios
• Alva Ixtlilxóchitl, Fernando. Historia de la nación chichimeca
• Garcilaso de la Vega, Inca. Comentarios reales de los Incas
• Guamán Poma de Ayala, Felipe. Nueva corónica y buen gobierno
• León-Portilla, Miguel. Visión de los vencidos
• Anónimo. Ollantay, drama quechua. (dir. José Paz Garay)
• Valderrama y C. Escalante, Autobiografía de Gregorio Condori Mamani (y Asunta Quispe Huamán)
• Chambi, Martín. Photographs 1920-1950
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