Cien Anos De Identidad - Introduccion a La Literatura Latinoamericana Del Siglo XX

Cien aänos de identidad [One Hundred Years of Identity] is an advanced Spanish textbook and Latin American literature anthology, presenting 13 texts published bewteen 1889 and 1995 from 11 authors and 2 film directors that are designed both to introduce students to the richness of LA literature and introduce students to literary analysis through the theme of identity. The textbook adopts a thematic approach, focusing on key facets of literary and cultural criticism while using the texts to build students' vocabulary and cultural knowledge, to hone their reading and interpretive strategies, and to boost their oral and written communication. The textbook offers a wide variety of activities that lead students through literary analysis using a task-based approach. Unit themes: (1) Identity and race, ethnicity, gender, and class; (2) Existential identity; (3) Space and time and identity; (4) Political and sexual identity. Writers included: Isabel Allende, Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortazar, Rosario Castellanos, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Ruben Dario, Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jose Marti, Manuel Puig, and Sergio Vodanovic. Directors: Tomas Gutierrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabio. Photos of each author/director are included, along with some figures for use in activities.

About the author

Kelly Comfort is associate professor of Spanish at Georgia Tech, where she teaches courses in Spanish conversation, Latin American literature, and in Spanish service-learning. She has published two books with Palgrave Macmillan on literary topics. She is director of the Serve-Learn-Sustain in Spain Program and co-director of the Spain: Language for Business and Technology Program in Granada and leads internships in Atlanta's Latino community.

Product details

• Authors: Kelly Comfort, Comfort Kelly
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781626165670
• ISBN: 978-1-62616-567-0
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Fiction > Narrative literature; Spanisch, 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Süd- und Zentralamerika (inklusive Mexiko), Lateinamerika, Literaturwissenschaft: 1800 bis 1900, Anthologien (nicht Lyrik), Latin America, 20th Century, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Spanish, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American, Reading skills, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Spanish, Language learning: reading skills, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Anthologies: general, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Anthologies (non-poetry)