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=Introduction to Spanish American Literature=

SPN 3332

 * Prof. Dania Abreu-Torres**

This course will present the students an overview of the most important contributions to the Hispanic American literary canon. The analysis and explanations of each work will depart from a historical and cultural context, considering the biography of the authors and the events that surrounded their publications. Each Latin American country has its peculiarities, which will also be considered, but most of the historical background is share by most of them. The works presented in this course will begin from what is called the Modernism, the first original movement from Latin America. Nevertheless, an introductory session of classes will explain previous movements (pre-colonial and colonial texts and Romantics) in order to understand how Modernism and the movements that followed developed from these literary origins.

The objective of this site is to share the discussions in class with our and future classmates. Also, along the semesters, this may provide a helpful tool to students and instructors of Latin American surveys in Trinity University and other institutions.