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A Brief & Incomplete Introduction to Spanish and Latin American Literature
moderated by Michael Healy
Tuesdays 6-8 PM, Mugar Library, 771 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 424
Boston University Central stop on the Green Line “B” trolley
A reading selection that covers six countries and a little over four hundred fifty years, from Spain's Siglo de Oro (“Golden Age” or Baroque Period) to the present:
July 13th : Francisco de Quevedo (Spain), Luis de Góngora y Argote (Spain)
July 20th : Antonio Machado (Spain), Federico Garcia Lorca (Spain)
July 27th : César Vallejo (Peru), Pablo Neruda (Chile)
August 3rd : Jorge Luis Borges (Argentina), Julio Cortázar (Argentina)
August 10th : Octavio Paz (Mexico), Gabriel García Márquez (Colombia)
No preparation is required to attend. The moderator will provide texts for each session, in English and Spanish. All discussion will take place in English. Group discussion will focus on close reading, with clarification of literary, historical, and biographical contexts as needed.
Participants may attend any or all sessions; the seminar is not cumulative.
Ten hours do not afford enough time to undertake a truly sufficient overview to the rich literatures of the Spanish-speaking world—neither would one hundred hours! Accordingly, all registered participants will be provided a reading guide to Spanish-language literature, as well a packet of readings, that they might continue their study.
If you'd like to register, please email your name to bostonpoetryunion@gmail.com as well as your contact information and the dates you plan to attend. A maximum of 12 students can be seated at each session. The cost to attend each session is $5, or $25 for the whole seminar series. Payment may be made at the first seminar with cash, by check to “Boston Poetry Union,” or via PayPal to the Union's email account.
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