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CURSO:WORLD LITERATURES
TRADUCCION:LITERATURAS DEL MUNDO
SIGLA:LET0336
CREDITOS:10
MODULOS:02
CARACTER:MINIMO
TIPO:CATEDRA
CALIFICACION:ESTANDAR
DISCIPLINA:LITERATURA
PALABRAS CLAVE:WORLD LITERATURE, NATION, SUBALTERNITY, TRANSLATION, CULTURE
NIVEL FORMATIVO:PREGRADO


I.DESCRIPCIÓN DEL CURSO

This course scrutinizes the notion of ?World Literatures?, asking students to critically engage with theories of World Literature as well as literary texts from around the globe in English. Woven into the theoretical and literary works are post-structuralist, post-national and post-colonial positions and as well elements of specific national contexts (Nigeria, India, the United States, Argentina, Chile, and Antigua specifically). The following ?glocal? (global and local) themes will be explored: colonialism/imperialism, racism, patriarchy. the Anthropocene, decolonialism and feminism.


II.RESULTADOS DE APRENDIZAJE

1.To analyze key literary texts produced outside of, or in tension with, the traditional centers of cultural, political, and economic power and key to the area of ?World Literatures.?

2.To examine a variety of national contexts where literature in English is produced.

3.To interpret literary texts through theoretical concepts that relate to the literary texts? production, reception and circulation, relevant to ?World Literatures.


III.CONTENIDOS

1.What and Why World Literature(s)?
1.1.Contemporary theories

2.National Histories Re-Considered
2.1.Nigeria
2.2.India
2.3.United States

3.Within and Beyond Literary Markets
3.1.Reception
3.2.Production
3.3.Circulation


IV.ESTRATEGIAS METODOLOGICAS

-Class discussion.

-Small group discussion.

-Lectures.

-Close reading and analysis of fictional and theoretical texts in class.


V.ESTRATEGIAS EVALUATIVAS

-Participation: 5%

-Forums: 30%

-Midterms: 30%

-Reading Reports: 15%

-Position Paper or Civic Action Paper: 20%


VI.BIBLIOGRAFIA

Minima

Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. New York: Anchor Books, 1994.

Adichie, Chimamanda. ?The Danger of a Single Story.? TEDGlobal 2009. ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story. Accessed 10 Mar. 2020.

Apter, Emily. Against World Literature: The Politics of Untranslatability. London: Verso, 2013.

Bhabha, Homi. ?Of Mimicry and Man.? The Location of Culture. Ed. Homi Bhabha. New York, Routledge, 2004. 121-131.

Damrosch, David. ?What is World Literature?? What is World Literature Today? April-June, 2003. 8-15.

Jameson, Frederic. ?World Literature?. Holberg International Memorial Prize. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUtV4kCzvnU. Accessed 10 Mar. 2020.

Kincaid, Jamaica. A Small Place. New York: Farrar, Staus, Giroux, 1988.

Moretti, Franco. ?Conjectures on World Literature?. New Left Review 1 Jan Feb 2000. 54-68.

Morrison, Toni. A Mercy. New York: Knopf, 2008.

Rivera, Tomas. And the Earth Did Not Devour Him. Carmel, CA: Hampton-Brown, 1987.

Rivera, Tomas. Y no se lo trago la tierra. Carmel, CA: Hampton-Brown, 1987.

Schweblin, Samanta. Distancia de rescate. Penguin Random House, 2015.

Schweblin, S., & McDowell, M. Fever dream: A novel. Riverhead Books, 2017.

Spivak, Gayatri. ?A Critique of Postcolonial Reason,? in The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism, ed. Vincent B. Leitch (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2001), 2193-2208.


Complementaria

Forster, E. M. Passage to India. San Diego: Harcourt Inc, 1984.


PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
FACULTAD DE LETRAS / AGOSTO 2021