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Mundos afines, by Carmen Piemonte
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Chile, 1932
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Syllabus
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Translation is impossible. But then poetry is impossible. And we all know that love is impossible. None of this prevents us from being caught up in it every day of our lives. Cuban poet Eliseo Diego Reading poetry in translation.Towards a definition of poetry. How we read poetry. Martí and Darío. |
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January 20 |
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The great ones at the start of the 20th century. Mistral, Vallejo, Huidobro, and Borges. | |||
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Nicolás Guillén (1902-1987). Biography |
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Nicolás Guillén | |||
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February 3 |
Pablo Neruda (1904-1973). Nobel Prize 1971
Academy of American Poets |
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Pablo Neruda. Español. Universidad
de Chile |
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Octavio Paz (1914-1998). Nobel Prize 1990 |
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Octavio Paz. Español. Octavio
Paz por él mismo. |
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Sara de Ibáñez (1910-1971). Bilingual
poems |
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Nicanor Parra (1914). Bio. and
poem |
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Claribel Alegría (1924). Short bio.
from Curbstone Press |
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Claribel Alegría. South
Dakota Humanities Council |
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March 2 |
Rosario Castellanos (1925). Some
poems |
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Mid-term examination | |||
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| spring vacation |
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Ernesto Cardenal (1925) SUNY site
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Ernesto Cardenal. Español.
Dariana |
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Roque Dalton (1935-1975). SUNY
site. Elegy by C. Alegría |
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Jorge Teillier (1935-1996). Español.
Universidad de Chile. |
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| April 1 |
Alejandra Pizarnik (1936-1972)
Corner Journal on Avant Garde |
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Antonio Cisneros (1942). Español. Estación
poética de Perú |
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Nancy Morejón (1944). AfroCuba,
partially in English |
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Gioconda Belli (1948). Interview. |
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Daisy Zamora (1950). Article (pdf)
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Alicia Partnoy (1955). One poem. |
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Natalia Toledo (1967). Español.
Xqenda. |
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Students' choices: These Are Not Sweet Girls. Sherandoa, Oriana, Emily. | ||
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Students' choices: These Are Not Sweet Girls. Anna and Christopher. | |||
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| May 10: final papers
due at 5:00 pm in Kohlberg 339 |
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