LLCU 248 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Latin American Wars Of Independence, Modernismo, Magic Realism

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures
• Course: LLCU 248
• Professor: Daniel F Chamberlain

Document Summary

Happened once latin america started thinking and speaking differently. Andr s bello: poet (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h (cid:272)ele(cid:271)rates lati(cid:374) a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:859)s la(cid:374)ds(cid:272)ape a(cid:374)d e(cid:374)(cid:448)iro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t a(cid:374)d the autonomy of its cultures and tried to assert its independence. Renames tenses, etc: chile and venezuela. Jos mart : (cid:862)nuestro a(cid:373) ri(cid:272)a(cid:863, named the hero of independence, cuban airport named after him, tried to be a soldier. Started a cuban revolt against the spanish. Got shot and died, was not very effective: a good government sees what america is and builds government bottom-up, based on reality. Spirit of gov. needs to be from the country itself, not which reflect european realities. Jos mar a heredia: wrote about niagara falls. Rub n dar o: through modernismo, spanish america begins to find its own voice, when you stop asserting your independence and rebelling, you become independent, exported culture, new forms of poetry, speaking and thinking. Jos lezama lima: ho(cid:373)ose(cid:454)ual a(cid:374)d perse(cid:272)uted for this (cid:271)(cid:455) castro(cid:859)s go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, highlighted baroque in cuba.