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SP5 Lecture List

SP5 Lecture Course

Lectures take place on *Tuesdays 3pm*, *Wednesdays 3pm*, so you must keep these times free in your timetable.

SP5 - Latin American Culture and History
(Paper co-ordinator:  Dr Carlos Fonseca)
           
             
Week Day Time Date Lecturer Class/Lecture Venue
Michaelmas Term
1 Tuesday 3pm Tuesday, 15-Oct-24 Prof. Geoffrey Kantaris Foundations, Identity, Difference: Jorge Icaza, Huasipungo LB 2
1 Wednesday Wednesday, 16-Oct-24 Dr. Liesbeth François Foundations, Identity, Difference: Rosario Castellanos, Balún Canán LB 5
2 Tuesday Tuesday, 22-Oct-24 Carlos Castro Foundations, Identity, Difference: Guaman Poma, Primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno LB 2
2 Wednesday Wednesday, 23-Oct-24 Andrea Morales Loucil Foundations, Identity, Difference: a) Juan Pablo Vizcardo y Guzmán, “Carta a los españoles americanos” (1799)  b) Simón Bolívar, “Carta de Jamaica” (1815) LB 5
3 Tuesday Tuesday, 29-Oct-24 Josué Brocca Foundations, Identity, Difference: Popol Vuh LB 2
3 Wednesday Wednesday, 30-Oct-24 Ana María Villaveces Foundations, Identity, Difference: Soledad Acosta de Samper, Dolores LB 5
4 Tuesday Tuesday, 05-Nov-24 María Victoria Cogorno Foundations, Identity, Difference: Extracts from Sarmiento, Facundo; José Martí, ‘Nuestra América mestiza’; Roberto Fernández Retamar, Calibán LB 2
4 Wednesday Wednesday, 06-Nov-24 Dr. María Reyes Baztán Foundations, Identity, Difference: Alejo Carpentier, El reino de este mundo LB 5
5 Tuesday Tuesday, 12-Nov-24 Dr. Liesbeth François Labyrinths of Fiction: Jorge Luis Borges, Ficciones LB 2
5 Wednesday Wednesday, 13-Nov-24 Dr. Carlos Fonseca Labyrinths of Fiction: Cortázar, Bestiario LB 5
6 Tuesday Tuesday, 19-Nov-24 Dr. Carlos Fonseca Labyrinths of Fiction: La invención de Morel LB 2
6 Wednesday Wednesday, 20-Nov-24   Spill-over Slot LB 5
             
Lent Term
1 Tuesday 3pm Tuesday, 28-Jan-25 Prof. Geoffrey Kantaris Representing the City: Roberto Arlt, El juguete rabioso  
1 Wednesday Wednesday, 29-Jan-25 Prof. Geoffrey Kantaris Representing the City: Eliseo Subiela, Últimas imágenes del naufragio  
2 Tuesday Tuesday, 04-Feb-25 Dr. Oliver Wilson-Nunn Representing the City: Hugo Santiago: Invasión [film]  
2 Wednesday Wednesday, 05-Feb-25 Prof. Geoffrey Kantaris Representing the City: Íntimo terror and Cronos  
3 Tuesday Tuesday, 11-Feb-25 Dr Anna Corrigan Charting Revolution: The history of the Mexican Revolution  
3 Wednesday Wednesday, 12-Feb-25 Dr Carlos Fonseca Charting Revolution: Mariano Azuela, Los de abajo  
4 Tuesday Tuesday, 18-Feb-25 Dr Carlos Fonseca Charting Revolution: Juan Rulfo, El llano en llamas  
4 Wednesday Wednesday, 19-Feb-25 Prof. Geoffrey Kantaris Penning the Dictator: Luisa Valenzuela, Cambio de armas   
5 Tuesday Tuesday, 25-Feb-25 Dr Carlos Fonseca Penning the Dictator: Miguel Ángel Asturias, El señor Presidente  
5 Wednesday Wednesday, 26-Feb-25 Dr Anna Corrigan Penning the Dictator: Marta Traba, Conversación al sur  
6 Tuesday Tuesday, 04-Mar-25   Spill-over slot