Week 1: Welcome to Contemporary Latin American Fiction
1/25
Introduction
Week 2: Chile
1/30
Asynchronous Screening:
Massacre at The Stadium (Bent Jorgen Perlmutt, 2019)
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Bolaño, Roberto. “Meeting With Enrique Lihn.” The Return. New Directions, 2010.
Lihn, Enrique. “Six Solitudes.” https://paulweinfieldtranslations.wordpress.com/2015/08/27/enrique-lihn-six-solitudes/
2/1
Bolaño, Roberto. “Meeting With Enrique Lihn.” The Return. New Directions, 2010.
Lihn, Enrique. “Six Solitudes.” https://paulweinfieldtranslations.wordpress.com/2015/08/27/enrique-lihn-six-solitudes/
Week 3: Bolivia
2/6
Colanzi, Liliana. “Story with Bird.” Our Dead World. Dalkey Archive Press, 2016.
Presentation
2/8
Colanzi, Liliana. “Story with Bird.” Our Dead World. Dalkey Archive Press, 2016.
Week 4: Ecuador and Colombia
2/15
Asynchronous Screening:
Virus Tropical (Santiago Caicedo and Powerpaola, 2017)
https://guides.newman.baruch.cuny.edu/er.php?course_id=95841
Case-specific password: roblesmejias3058
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Synchronous discussion in the classroom.
Presentations
Week 5: Colombia and Brazil
2/21
Asynchronous Screening:
La playa D.C. (Juan Andrés Arango Garcia, 2012)
https://guides.newman.baruch.cuny.edu/er.php?course_id=95841
Case-specific password: roblesmejias3058
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Synchronous discussion in the classroom.
2/22
Martins, Geovani. “Russian Roulette.” The Sun on My Head. Picador, 2019.
Presentations
Week 6: Perú
2/27
Alarcón, Daniel and Sheila Alvarado. City of Clowns. Riverhead Books, 2015. (Pages 1-31)
Presentations
3/1
Alarcón, Daniel and Sheila Alvarado. City of Clowns. Riverhead Books, 2015. (Pages 32-65)
*Grace period starts: a week to submit any late blog post assignment
Week 7: Perú
3/6
Alarcón, Daniel and Sheila Alvarado. City of Clowns. Riverhead Books, 2015. (Pages 65-98)
Presentations
3/8
Alarcón, Daniel and Sheila Alvarado. City of Clowns. Riverhead Books, 2015. (Pages 99-133)
*Grace period ends: last day to submit late blog post assignments
Week 8: Midterm
3/13
In-class writing workshop
3/15 Asynchronous session
The midterm project and the self-evaluation are due via email: rojo.roblesmejias51@login.cuny.edu
Week 9: México
3/20
Bellatin, Mario. Beauty Salon. Deep Vellum Publishing, 2021. (Pages 1-20)
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Self-care Workshop
3/22:
Bellatin, Mario. Beauty Salon. Deep Vellum Publishing, 2021. (Pages 21-40)
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Self-care Workshop
Presentations
Week 10: México
3/27
Bellatin, Mario. Beauty Salon. Deep Vellum Publishing, 2021. (Pages 41-60)
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Self-care Workshop
Presentations
3/29
Bellatin, Mario. Beauty Salon. Deep Vellum Publishing, 2021. (Pages 60-81)
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Self-care Panels
Presentations
Week 11
4/3
Reading Day/Asynchronous Study/Self-care day
Week 12: Dominican Republic
4/17
Avila, Lorraine. “Malcriada.” Malcriada and Other Stories. DWA Press, 2019
Presentations
4/19
Avila, Lorraine. “Malcriada.” Malcriada and Other Stories. DWA Press, 2019
Week 13: Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico
4/24
Ceballos, Helen. “Cerezas por papeles”
Presentations
Del Rosario De Regino,Ethan Valentino
4/26 at Room A 17 Lex 1000 H
Ceballos, Helen. Rito de Paso/Rite of Passage (Live performance + conversation)
Week 14: Haiti
5/1
Danticat, Edwidge. “Caroline’s Wedding.” Krik? Krak! Soho Press (139-153)
Presentations
5/3
Danticat, Edwidge. “Caroline’s Wedding.” Krik? Krak! Soho Press (154-166)
Presentations
*Grace period starts to complete any late assignment from the second half of the semester (Beauty Salon to “Caroline’s Wedding”) *
Week 15: Haiti
5/8
Danticat, Edwidge. “Caroline’s Wedding.” Krik? Krak! Soho Press (166-88)
Presentations
5/10
Collective final reflection
*Grace period to complete any late assignment from the second half of the semester (Beauty Salon to “Caroline’s Wedding”) ends*
Week 16
5/15 Asynchronous Work
Final Project
The final project and self-evaluation are due by 5/22 at 11:59 pm via email.
Final grade submission deadline
5/26