SPRING  2013

Dr. Espinoza

OFFICE:  J. C. Long Building, No. 133

Office Hours:  M-W-F  12:00 noon - 12:50 p.m.

       (and by appointment)

URL:  http://espinozah.people.cofc.edu/

E-MAIL:  espinozah@cofc.edu

Phone:  (843) 953-5725

OBJECTIVES:  SPAN 327, Latin-American Civilization and Culture II, is a course designed to give an overview of the most significant  historical, political, social, and cultural aspects of Latin America from the middle of the 19^th Century to the present.

TEXTBOOK:  Latinoamérica: su civilización y su cultura by Eugenio Chang Rodríguez must be purchased.

CLASS SCHEDULE AND ATTENDANCE:  SPAN 327 meets three (3) days per week:  SPAN 327.001 meets M-W-F, 11:00 - 11:50 a.m. & SPAN 327.002 meets M-W-F, 10:00 - 10:50 a.m.  Attendance is an important aspect of this course. It is imperative that absences be kept to a minimum and that students arrive on time for class. Habitual tardiness will not be tolerated. Failing to sign the daily attendance sheet at the beginning of the class period will be counted as an absence. Leaving class early (without prior permission from the instructor) also will be counted as an absence. Students who accumulate three (3) absences will have their final grade reduced by five percent (5%). Students who accumulate four (4) absences will be dropped from the course and will receive a grade of "WA" = "F" for the course.  Attendance records will be kept from the first official day of regular classes.

NOTE:  All cellular phones must be OFF during the class period. Phone calls and texting during class are strictly forbidden. Also, students should visit the restroom between classes and not interrupt class to go to the restroom.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS: 

1.  Oral Presentation:  Students will be required to prepare a 10-minute oral presentation about one of the current cultural, social, or political issues in Latin America. Topics will be assigned.

2.  Term Paper:  A term paper (7-8 pages, including a bibliography, typed and double-spaced) must be submitted on the last day of regular classes (April 24^th). Topics will be assigned.

3.  Exams: There will be a total of three exams in this course. There will be two exams based on the content of the lectures and readings. Additionally, there will be a 3-hour comprehensive final exam administered at the end of the course. There will be NO MAKE-UPS allowed for any missed exams. Students should refrain from making any travel plans before taking any schedule exam. Failure to take the final exam will result in a course grade of "F" for SPAN 327.

HONOR CODE:  Copying, plagiarism, and all other forms of academic cheating will be penalized as a willful violation of the College of Charleston Honor Code.

GRADING:                                                GRADING SCALE:

CONTENIDO GENERAL DEL CURSO

1.  Antecedentes: 

     a. Las Juntas Patrióticas

     b. Buenos Aires:  Manuel Belgrano y Asunción

     c. San Martín, O'Higgins y Chile

     d. La Gran Colombia:  Bolívar y San Martín

     e. México y el Imperio

2.  El Modelo argentino:

     a. "Sarmiento:  Civilización vs. Barbarie"

     b. La dictadura de Juan Manuel de Rosas

     c.  Bartolomé Mitre y la República

     d.  El romanticismo literario latinoamericano

     e.  Argentina contemporánea

3.  Paraguay y la política del aislamiento:

     a. El Supremo:  Gaspar Rodríguez Francia y la Dictadura Perpetua

     b. La Guerra de la Triple Alianza

     c. La Guerra del Chaco

     d. La dictadura de Alfredo Stroessner

FIRST EXAM:  FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8^th

4.  Los países andinos:

     a. La Guerra del Pacífico

     b. El Péru desde 1884

     c. Chile Republicano

     d. El Ecuador y su Revolución Liberal

5.  Brasil, monárquico y republicano:

     a. El reinado de Pedro I

     b. El gobierno de Pedro II

     c. La Antigua República

     d. La Nueva República

6.  Mexico:

     a.  Juárez:  La Reforma y sus consecuencias

     b.  Porfirio Díaz y la Revolución de 1910

     c.  Película/Movie:  "México, the Frozen Revolution"

7.  Centro América y el Caribe:

     a. Centro América y la política de intervención

     b. Nicaragua y Guatemala

     c. Cuba y su Revolución

SECOND EXAM:  FRIDAY, MARCH 28^th

8.  La década de los Sesenta y la Guerra Fría:

     a.  "Happy days" 

     b.  El "blip" que cambió el mundo

     c.  Washington y las dictaduras latinoamericanas.

     d.  John Kennedy y  "La Alianza para el Progreso"

9.  Los Movimientos de liberalización:

     a. Chile:  Salvador Allende y la revolución pacífíca

     b. Nicaragua y la Revolución Sandinista

     c. El Salvador y Ronald Reagan

     d. Argentina y la "Guerra Sucia"

     e. Película/Movie: "Missing"

10.  Latinoamérica contemporánea:

       a. México y los Estados Unidos:  Inmigración

       b. El Tratado de Libre Comercio y sus consecuencias

       c. La Iglesia y la Teología de la Liberación

       d. El Neo-liberalismo y los mitos de la Globalización

Selected Bibliography:

______ Latin America, Its Problems and Its Promise: A Multidisciplinary Introduction. Edited by Jan Knippers Black. Boulder: Westview Press, 1984

______ Social Democracy in Latin America: Prospects for Change. Edited by Menno Vellinga. Boulder: Westview Press, 1993

______ El Salvador: Central America in the New Cold War. Edited by Martin E. Gettleman and Patrick Lacefield. New York: Grove Press Inc., 1981

Azuela, Mariano. Los de abajo. Madrid: Cátedra, 1980

Darío, Rubén. Poesía. 2 vols. Ed. Ernesto Mejía Sánchez, prólogo de Angel Rama. Buenos Aires: Hispamérica, 1986

Martí, José. Obras completas. 2 vols., La Habana: Letras Cubanas, 1985

FINAL EXAM - SPAN 327.002*

*(During the semester, classes met M-W-F at 10:00 a.m.) 

FINAL EXAM - SPAN 327.001** 

**(During the semester, classes met M-W-F at 11:00 a.m.) 

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