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SP12 Lecture List 2024-25

SP12 Lecture Course

Lectures take place on *Fridays 11am* and *Wednesdays 10am* but note that *some of the Wednesday seminars are two hours and start at 9am*.

SP12: Latin American Culture 2024-2025

(Paper co-ordinator: Prof. Geoffrey Kantaris)

 

Michaelmas Term

Week Day Time Date Lecturer Class/Lecture Venue
1 Friday 11 Friday, 11-Oct-24 Liesbeth François, Carlos Fonseca and Geoffrey Kantaris Introduction to SP12 and organization of paper LB 1
1 Wednesday 10 Wednesday, 16-Oct-24 Dr Carlos Fonseca Experiments in form 1: Juan Rulfo, Pedro Páramo LB 1
2 Friday 11 Friday, 18-Oct-24 Dr Liesbeth François The short story. Juan José Arreola, Confabulario and Augusto Monterroso, Obras competas (y otros cuentos) LB 1
2 Wednesday 10 Wednesday, 23-Oct-24 Dr Liesbeth François The short story. Amparo Dávila, Tiempo destrozado and Silvina Ocampo, Los días de la noche LB 1
3 Friday 11 Friday, 25-Oct-24 Dr Carlos Fonseca City and Countryside 1: José María Arguedas, El zorro de arriba y el zorro de abajo LB 1
3 Wednesday 9 to 11 Wednesday, 30-Oct-24 Prof. Geoffrey Kantaris and Leo Temple Poetry reading workshop 1: Oliverio Girondo and César Vallejo (selections) LB 1
4 Friday 11 Friday, 01-Nov-24 Prof. Geoffrey Kantaris Experiments in Form 2: Julio Cortázar, Rayuela LB 1
4 Wednesday 10 Wednesday, 06-Nov-24 Prof. Geoffrey Kantaris Articulations of Identity: Rosario Castellanos, Meditación en el umbral LB 1
5 Friday 11 Friday, 08-Nov-24 Prof. Geoffrey Kantaris Experiments in Form 3: Carlos Fuentes, Cambio de piel LB 1
5 Wednesday 10 Wednesday, 13-Nov-24 Dr Carlos Fonseca Experiments in Form 4: Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Tres tristes tigres LB 1
6 Friday 11 Friday, 15-Nov-24 Dr Liesbeth François Visualizing America 1: Leonora Carrington LB 1
6 Wednesday 9 to 11 Wednesday, 20-Nov-24 Dr Carlos Fonseca and Dr Liesbeth François Poetry reading workshop 2: Vicente Huidrobro and Octavio Paz (selections) LB 1

 

Lent Term

Week Day Time Date Lecturer Class/Lecture Venue
1 Friday 11 Friday, 24-Jan-25 Dr Stephanie Rohner Appropriating the Pre-Columbian 1: Carlos de Sigûenza y Góngora. Teatro de virtudes políticas (1680) LB11
1 Wednesday 10 Wednesday, 29-Jan-25 Dr Stephanie Rohner Appropriating the Pre-Columbian 2: Francisco Javier Clavigero. Historia antigua de México (1780-81) (selections available on Moodle)        LB12
2 Friday 11 Friday, 31-Jan-25 Dr Stephanie Rohner Appropriating the Pre-Columbian 3: Anónimo. Xicotencatl (1826) LB11
2 Wednesday 10 Wednesday, 05-Feb-25 Dr Stephanie Rohner

Appropriating the Pre-Columbian 4: The Afterlife of pre-Columbian Art:

  • José Marçia Obregón. El descubrimiento del pulque (1869);
  • Rodrigo Gutiérrez. El senado de Tlaxcala (1875);
  • Felix Parra. Fray Bartolomé de las Casas (1875);
  • Felix Parra. Episodios de la conquista: la matanza de Cholula (1877).
LB12
3 Friday 11 Friday, 07-Feb-25 Dr Carlos Fonseca Visualising America: Wilfredo Lam, Ey LB11
3 Wednesday 9 to 11 Wednesday, 12-Feb-25 Prof. Geoffrey Kantaris and Dr Liesbeth François Poetry reading workshop 3: Alfonsina Storni and Alejandra Pizarnik (selected poetry) LB10
4 Friday 10 Friday, 14-Feb-25 Dr Anna Corrigan City and Countryside 2: Mexican women's rural photography - Graciela Iturbide, Lola Álvarez Bravo, Mariana Yampolsky LB11
4 Wednesday 11 Wednesday, 19-Feb-25 Dr Carlos Fonseca Articulations of Identity: Luis Palés Matos and Nicolás Guillén. LB12