Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: SPANISH AMERICAN POETRY AND THE EXPERIENCE OF THE LIMIT

Department: Spanish

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Examines twentieth-century Spanish American poetry from the perspective of the poet's struggle to articulate experiences that exist at the limit of the inexpressible. Poets studied include Cesar Vallejo, Vicente Huidobro, Pablo Neruda, Jorge Luis Borges, Octavio Paz, Olga Orozco, Raul Zurita, Carmen Boullsa, Marosa di Giorgio and Francisco Hernandez. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: SPAN 574. Recommended prerequisite(s): Advanced Spanish or permission of instructor.