Undergraduate Course: Reading Latin American Poetry (ELCH10053)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course gives a broad introductory survey of poetry from Latin America. Its primary focus will be on close reading of individual poems, but with reference to their wider political and cultural context. Through reading poetry ranging in style from the intimate and lyrical to the epic and social, this course aims to foster appreciation of the huge variety of Latin American poetry, and stimulate an understanding of the value of poetry and of the challenges peculiar to reading, interpreting and indeed defining poetry. |
| Course description |
What is poetry? What is, or has been, its role in Latin American society? Who is poetry for? What are the different ways of writing poetry? Such questions will propel our exploration of a diverse range of Latin American poets. Seminars will focus on key topics such as gender, revolution, nature, the city, identity, and will use contrasting poems by poets from different Latin American countries and contexts to illuminate these topics. Each seminar will include close reading, reading aloud and listening to poets¿ own recordings of individual poems where available.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Entry to Spanish Hons required, students of Spanish 3 should take the Level 09 version ELCH09005 |
| Additional Costs | Primary course texts, approx. £60 |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2022/23, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 18 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
196 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
40% - podcast involving presentation and reading of a poem
60% - 1500 word commentary on a poem
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| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate analytical and interpretive skills through close reading of, and textual commentary on, a range of poetry from Latin America from different periods, authors and countries.
- Compare and contrast different styles and forms of poetry
- Explain the socio-cultural context and wider literary movements associated with these poems.
- Express an understanding of the poem delivered as performance, including being able to identify and discuss elements such as rhetoric, rhythm, sonic effects, accent.
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Reading List
The reading list will vary from year to year. The themes covered will be drawn from the following:
Metrical considerations, common forms, common devices
The nature of poetry
The poets task, the ars poética
Isolation and community, the solitary versus solidarity
¿ Sense of place and identity, relationship to ¿Latin America¿, to USA, to Europe etc.
¿ Gender
¿ Indigenous cultures
¿ Religion
¿ Political movements, revolution, repression
¿ Specific social issues ¿ poverty, education, corruption, violence
¿ The everyday versus the extraordinary
¿ Language, the relationship between language and the world
¿ Imagery ¿ e.g. the natural world versus urban society
¿ Intermedial gestures towards painting, photography, music
¿ Intertextual references to earlier poets/writers and biblical/mythical references
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | DELC Lat/Am Poetry |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Fiona Mackintosh
Tel: (0131 6)50 8303
Email: f.j.mackintosh@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Gillian Paterson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3646
Email: Gillian.Paterson@ed.ac.uk |
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