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For one-semester introduction courses on selected masterpieces of Latin American Literature, or two-semester survey courses on the literatures and cultures of Latin America, or as a reader in more advanced genre courses.

Unique in coverage, this comprehensive one-volume anthology of Latin American literatures—from pre-Colombian times to the present—covers not only the authors accepted within the literary canon, but innovative contemporary voices that are now breaking the ethnocentric mold. It features detailed historical introductions to each period and writer, selections drawn from literary, historical, and socio-political contexts, and pedagogical aids that make the language accessible and encourage critical thinking.

• NEW - Added selections by Vargas Llosa, Berman and Morejón—Maintains the text traditions of expanding the literary canon and broadening the student's view of Latin American literature.

  • Gives special attention to authors within a literary, historical, and socio-political context—exposing students to interdisciplinary topics and to texts that often question commonly held values.

• Contains texts written prior to the Conquest by indigenous writers.

• Features texts by women writers in all periods—Includes an emphasis on contemporary women writers.

• Connections.

  • Asks students to make their own connections—among writers and from different cultures and periods.

• Choice of selections and detailed introductions to each historical period—Reflect the co-editors' expertise and different theoretical perspectives.

• Each author is introduced from a critical perspective and placed within the general framework of a particular period.

• Selections annotated—Clarifies obscure words, terms, and historical references.

• Critical thinking topical questions—Relate to specific issues raised by the texts, as well as to broader issues which involve one or more texts.

• Reference bibliographies—Books and articles about specific periods, genres, or authors.

• Comprehensive glossary of literary and cultural terms.

• Preliminary discussion of the genres presented and guidelines for reading and interpretation.

  • Assists students in understanding the pieces and helps them develop analysis tools.

• Added selections by Vargas Llosa, Berman and Morejón—Maintains the text traditions of expanding the literary canon and broadening the student's view of Latin American literature.

  • Gives special attention to authors within a literary, historical, and socio-political context—exposing students to interdisciplinary topics and to texts that often question commonly held values.

I. LITERATURAS PREHISPANICAS.

II. EL DESCUBRIMIENTO.

III. POESÍA RENACENTISTA Y BARROCA.

IV. EL SIGLO DE LAS LUCES: NEOCLASICISMO.

V. DEL ROMANTICISMO AL MODERNISMO.

VI. DEL MODERNISMO A LAS PRIMERAS VANGUARDIAS.

VII. PRIMEROS PASOS EN LA RUPTURA DE LA VISION ETNOCÊNTRICA.

VIII. ANTECEDENTES DE LA NUEVA NOVELA: ENTRANDO EN LA MODERNIDAD.

IX. EL BOOM Y LA NUEVA NOVELA.

X. ÉPOCA CONTEMPORANEA: POESÍA Y TREATRO.

NOVÍSIMA NARRATIVA: EL POST-BOOM Y LA POSMODERNIDAD.

XII. DESCOLONIZACION DEL CANON

Latin American Literature (Spanish)

 

Huellas de las literaturas hispanoamericanas, now in its second edition, is intended for a two-semester introductory course in Latin American literature. It can also be easily adapted for a one-semester introduction to selected masterpieces and for use as a point of departure for more advanced genre and period studies.

Born of the authors' conviction that a new kind of anthology was needed, Huellas includes writings by an array of authors, from writers accepted within the literary canon, to ones considered marginal until now, to those with innovative contemporary voices that are now breaking the ethnocentric mold. Huellas also covers a vast historical range of literature from before the Conquest until today and consists of a variety of literary genres from short stories and poems to edited passages from influential longer works.

Finally, this second edition of Huellas includes new selections by such authors as Mario Vargas Llosa, Ricardo Piglia, Nancy Morejón, Carlos Germán Belli, and Sabina Berman.

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