SPAN 425: lA LITERATURA MEXICANA
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Exposes students to Mexican literature from its indigenous and Hispanic origins to its more contemporary expressions. Examines and discusses representative authors from all literary periods, including such literary icons as Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Manuel Gutierrez Najera, Mariano Azuela, Ignacio Altamairano, Rosario Castellanos, Ruan Rulfo, Octavio Paz Carlos Fuentes, Jose Agustin, and Laura Esquivel. From CSU Monterey Bay Catalog
COURSE REFLECTIVE NARRATIVE
I took Literatura Mexicana (Mexican Literature) with professor Donaldo Urioste. This course completes MLO 3, literary and cultural knowledge. During this course we read several novels of Mexican literature and then discussed them in depth in class, while also taking a quiz on every book we read. The work completed demonstrates my development in this area of study is through the quizzes we took on ilearn (online application for CSUMB students and professors) and in class. I did not only expanded my knowledge in Mexican literature but also to its history. I also learn that through literature, each individual has to be able open its mind to unfamiliar concepts because that's the only way we can increased our knowledge and accept or reject the perspective we have towards particular places. I can see literature as a straight line, with many doors that lead you to unknown passages and is only up to each reader to discover what is hidden in these passages. Literature invitation to endless adventure. It was a very interesting course to take with a lot of good information and analysis done within the classroom. This course sparked my interest in reading more Mexican literature in order to gain a better idea of Mexicans life throughout the years. I will continue reading Mexican literature in order to improve my Spanish in all aspects; from reading, speaking and comprehended it from an analytical perspective, that way I can be able to transmit my knowledge gained to future generations.
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