Europe & Latin America. Returning the Gaze. Beardsell, Peter.
Manchester University Press, 2000.
Suggested book to use as a reader for the seminar
Cohort 2015-17
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| Session | Lecturer | Theme/Topic | Matrials/Links/Suggested readings |
| 1. | Prof. Czesław Porębski | An introduction to the course | |
| 2. | dr Marta Kania | An Introduction to Latin American Studies | |
| 3. | dr Marta Kania | European versus the Other | |
| 4. | dr Karol Derwich | Independence came from outside | Eakin, Michael. History of Latin America. The Clash of Cultures. |
| 5. | dr Karol Derwich | Conservatism, liberalism and positivism in 19th century Latin America | Eakin, Michael. History of Latin America. The Clash of Cultures. |
| 6. | dr Karol Derwich | Revolutions in 20th century Latin America (from Mexican Revolution to Cuban Revolution | Eakin, Michael. History of Latin America. The Clash of Cultures. |
| 7. | MA Juan Sarabia | Treason & Tradition. An account of the Conquest(and a vision of language) through the image of La Malinche | Sons of La Chingada in The Labyrinth of Solitude. Octavio Paz
The Mexican Dream: Or, The Interrupted Thought of Amerindian Civilizations. J.M.G. Le Clezio Three Versions of Judas in Labyrinths. J.L.Borges Mysterious Malinche. A case of mistaken identity. La Malinche. Feminist Prototype Feminism, Nation & Myth: La Malinche Islas a la Deriva, poemas: 1973-1975. |
| 8. | MA Juan Sarabia | Hopscotch(ing) in Paris: a Latin American view of a European city | Hopscotch. Julio Cortazar. Chapter 73
La Rayuela. Julio Cortazar. Capitulo 73 (in Spanish) Edenic Nostalgia and the Play of Mirrors in “Hopscotch” and “One Hundred Years of Solitude” |
| 9. | MA Juan Sarabia | Blazing words, pyre of letters: Language, Fire & Imagining Mexico City | Italo Calvino – Invisible Cities
Gonzalo Celorio Some commentary on “México: Ciudad de papel” [“Mexico: City of Paper”] |
| 10. | Prof. Nina Pluta | Literary Mestizaje | Jorge Luis Borges, The Argentinian Writer and the Tradition |
| 11. | Prof. Nina Pluta | The Transatlantic novel | Alberto Fuguet, Magical Neoliberalism |
| 12. | Prof. Czesław Porębski | Latin America – Europe Relationship as a Philosophical Problem | |
| 13. | dr Grzegorz Pożarlik | ||
| 14. | dr Grzegorz Pożarlik |
Cohort 2014-16
| Session | Date | Lecturer | Theme/Topic | Materials/links/Suggested readings |
| 1 | Dr. Marta Kania | An Introduction to Latin American Studies | ||
| 2 | Juan M Sarabia | Treason & Tradition. An account of the Conquest(and a vision of language) through the image of La Malinche |
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| 3 | Dr. Karol Derwich | Independence came from outside | Latin American Positivism or Positivism in Latin America? | |
| 4 | Dr. Karol Derwich | Conservatism, liberalism and positivism in 19th century Latin America | ||
| 5 | Dr. Karol Derwich | Revolutions in 20th century Latin America (from Mexican Revolution to Cuban Revolution) | ||
| 6 | Dr. Magdalena Modrzejewska | Searching for Identity | ||
| 7 | Dr Grzegorz Pożarlik | Europe & Mexico in the contemporary looking glass self: Remembering and forgetting in collective identity discourse in the situation of cultural encounters. | ||
| 8 | Dr. Nina Pluta | Literary Mestizaje | ||
| 9 | Dr. Nina Pluta | The Transatlantic novel | ||
| 10 | Juan M Sarabia | Hopscotch(ing) in Paris: a Latin American view of a European city |
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| 11 | Juan M Sarabia | Blazing words, pyre of letters: Language, Fire & Imagining Mexico City | ||
| 12 | Dr. Anna Kaganiec | Contemporary immigration from Latin America to the US: Selected problems | ||
| 13 | Dr. Anna Kaganiec | Latinos in America: Threat or Asset | ||
| 14 | Prof. Czesław Porębski | Latin America – Europe Relationship as a Philosophical Problem. |
Cohort 2013-15
Session |
Date | Lecturer | Theme/Topic | Materials/Links |
| 1 | Dr. Marta Kania | Creole nationalism in Latin America: the glory of our ancestors (XIXcentury) | Reinventing the Inca Past | |
| 2 | Dr. Marta Kania | Indigenismo moderno of Spanish America: Politics and pre-Columbian heritage (XX-XXI) | Old Myths New Tradition The Spectacle of Power in the Politics of Peru and Bolivia_Marta Kania | |
| 3 | Dr. Marta Kania | Cultural sincretism in Latin America: religious diversity | ||
| 4 | Dr. Karol Derwich | The cold war in Latin America and the Caribbean region | ||
| 5 | Dr. Karol Derwich | Latin America after the cold war | ||
| 6 | Dr. Karol Derwich | Democratization of political systems in Latin America | ||
| 7 | Prof. Porębski | Latin American Philosophy | The Search for Identity_Jorge J. E. Garcia | |
| 8 | Nina Pluta Podleszańska | Literary relation between Spanish America an Europe: a survey | J.L.Borges, The Argentinian Writer and Tradition Alfonso Reyes, Vision of Anahuac |
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| 9 | Dr. Anna Kaganiec-Kamienska | Latinos in the US. Contemporary immigration from Latin America. Selected problems |
Mexican Immigration and Hispanization – Huntington | |
| 10 | Dr. Anna Kaganiec-Kamienska | “Latino threat” or Latino contribution to the American identity and culture | Fragments of films and music. | |
| 11 | Nina Pluta Podleszańska | Transatlantic literature: Mario Vargas Llosa | Selected novel by Mario Vargas Llosa | |
| 12 | Nina Pluta Podleszańska | Transatlantic literature: Roberto Bolaño | Alberto Fuguet, Magical Neoliberalism | |
| 13 | Juan M Sarabia | Hopscotch(ing) in Paris: a Latin American view of a European city | Hopscotch. Julio Cortazar. Chapter 73 La Rayuela. Julio Cortazar. Capitulo 73 (in Spanish) Where the air is clear. Carlos Fuentes. Part 1. Pages 3,4 & 5. Introduction. Click on Look Inside in Amazon. (First Pages in the Table of Contents)Edenic Nostalgia and the Play of Mirrors in “Hopscotch” and “One Hundred Years of Solitude”Interview with Julio CortazarNonstop to Nowhere City? Changes in the Symbolization, Perception, and Semiotics of the City in the Literature of Modernity | |
| 14 | Juan M Sarabia | Blazing words, pyre of letters: Language, Fire & Imagining Mexico City | Italo Calvino – Invisible Cities |
