SPAN 371
Avant-Garde Mvmts Latn America · 3 credits · Fall 2026
Requirements
PRE: SPAN 240 and 290 or permission of the department
About this course
The period following the Modernist movement (1896-1905) in Latin America, until the 1940s. It concentrates on the originality that marks each writer's style, as seen in their individual manifestos. Analysis of the writers' initial reactions to sentimental irony (Ezequiel Martinez Estrada), to the innovations of prosaismo (Evaristo Carriego), and ultraismo (Jorge L. Borges). Women writers (Gabriela Mistral, Delmira Agustini, Alfonsina Storni, and Juana de Ibarbourou) are highlighted for their thematic and stylistic freedom. Other authors to be studied in this course are Ricardo Guiraldes, Mariano Brull, Oliverio Girondo, Luis Pales Mators, Nicolas Guillen, Vicente Huidobro, Cesar Vellajo, and Pablo Neruda.
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