Summer 2004, 17 May to 10 June
Culture of
History 404-01
M – Th, 8:15 - 10:15
Administration 336
Dale Graden
Admin 305 A
telephone: 885-8956
email: Graden@uidaho.edu
www.class.uidaho.edu/Graden
This course will focus on the cultures of
Latin America through literature and film. Hence, we will read three novels
along with a personal memoir, and see several films and documentaries. Given the geographic
reality of the Americas and the influence of the United States in the region in
the 20th and 21st centuries, relations between Latin America and the US are
noted.
Please be sure to attend the class every day. We will be a group of about 13
persons, which is an ideal size to sit in a circle and discuss our ideas and
interpretations. Please be ready to discuss. Your ideas and interests are
welcome and appreciated.
There will be three (3) essays of two to five pages (2-5 typewritten, double-spaced and
stapled pages) due on Monday 24 May, Tuesday 1 June and Thursday 10 June. You are
welcome to choose your topic about which you would like to write. Each essay is
worth 25 points, and your presence and involvement in the course worth 25
points.
Readings
Marc Cooper, Pinochet and Me: A Chilean Anti-Memoir Verso ISBN 1859843603
Carlos Fuentes, The Death of Artemio Cruz Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN
0374522839
Carlos Eire, Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy Free Press ISBN 073246411
Week
one
Reading: Mueller, Green Fires
recommended is Joe Kane, Savages
recommended is Judith Kimerling, Amazon Crude
Week two
Monday 24 May: essay number one is due
Reading: Cooper, Pinochet and Me
Week three Mexico
Monday 31 May no class: Memorial Day
Tuesday 1 June: essay number two is due
Reading: Fuentes, The Death of Artemio Cruz
Week four
Thursday 10 June: essay number three is due
Reading: Eire, Waiting for Snow
Films
Ecuador
and Amazon Basin
"Trinkets and Beads"
"Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice"
Chile
"Missing"
"Death and the Maiden"
"Obstinate Memory"
Mexico
"The Crimes of Father Amaro"
"Traffic"
"Like Water for Chocolate"
"Lone Star"
Interview with Carlos Fuentes
Cuba
"Memories of Underdevelopment"
"After Night Falls"
"Strawberry and Chocolate"
"Sacrificio: Who Betrayed Che Guevara"
"Havana"