SPANISH 270 - The Warning in its Music: Politics of the Poem in 20th Century Spain

An exploration of the fraught connection between political engagement and textual innovation in poetry written in and about 20th Century Spain. Discussion of key texts by Aub, Castro, Cernuda, Conde, Darío, Lorca, Machado, Neruda, Vallejo, among others. Focus on topics such as violence, testimony, memory, exile. Theoretical and critical readings include essays by Adorno, Celan, Guillén, Paz, Said.

Course conducted in Spanish.