Here are the final project piece guidelines.
El
mundo de realismo mágico
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"I
had an idea of what I always wanted to do, but there was something missing and
I was not sure what it was until one day I discovered the right tone—the tone
that I eventually used in One Hundred
Years of Solitude. It was based on the way my grandmother used to tell
her stories. She told things that sounded supernatural and fantastic, but she
told them with complete naturalness."
- Gabriel García Marquez
After our forays into very
real, heavy issues with our first two projects: Explorando lo Polémico and Conociendo
Nuestra Comunidad, we are going to embark on a project in which fantastical
elements blend with harsh realities through a fascinating literary style called
Magical Realism.
According to Merriam Webster[1],
Magical Realism is defined as "a literary genre or
style associated especially with Latin America that incorporates fantastic or
mythical elements into otherwise realistic fiction."
This definition
notwithstanding, it seems the only agreement about magical realism among the
literati is that it is a problematic term. The controversy over this
categorization is primarily due to two factors: its paradoxical nature and its
origins among academics in a quest to define something distinctly non-Western
using Western terminology. While this "genre" is contested, there are
many authors whose work is typically considered as part of the canon of magical
realism.
If we accept that magical
realism is a genre as Merriam Webster defined, then following Latin American
and Hispanic American authors are commonly thought to be part of this genre. We
will be exploring many of the authors on this list, but Depending on the pace
at which we move through texts, we may not get to everyone. Furthermore, this
is not an exhaustive list of authors whose work is considered to be magical
realism.
·
Isabel Allende
·
Gabriel García
Marquéz
·
Julio Cortázar
·
Sabine Ulibarrí
·
Rudolfo Anaya
·
Jorge Luís
Borges (often considered a predecessor of Magical Realism)
·
Laura Esquivel
Task
Every week or two, we will
be exploring a new piece of literature or a film that fits within the decidedly
indecisive boundaries of magical realism. We will explore these pieces in a
variety of ways including: close readings, seminar-style discussions, artistic
renderings, reflections, and basic comprehension activities.
As many of you are about to
embark on your college careers, I am handling this much like a college-style
course. To that end, my expectation will be that you will be participating in
all in-class activities and doing related assignments to be prepared for class.
If I believe that not everyone is pulling his/her own weight in terms of being
engaged and prepared for class, I reserve the right to grade your for
participation on the following types of activities:
·
In-class writing
exercises
·
In-class reading
·
Reading assigned
as homework
·
Completion of
comprehension questions
·
In-class
activities such as making predictions, analyzing grammatical structures,
character analysis, etc.
The two graded components of
this project are as follows:
1. Seminar-style
discussions on several of the pieces
we explore. *I will support you in much
the way Lori or Jessica prepared you for seminars, and then let you run the
show. I will give you a clear rubric so you know what I am expecting of your
performance in the seminar.
2. A final
choice assignment from the list below:
·
A literary
analysis of one of the pieces we read/watch
·
An historical
analysis based on one of the pieces we read/watch
·
A short story
written in a magical-realistic style
·
A poem written
in a magical-realistic style + artist's statement en español
·
An artistic
piece + artist's statement en español
Exhibition
The majority of students in
this class are seniors and will be deeply involved in Senior Projects for
Humanities class. Thus, the exhibition for this project will be a website
compilation of all of your final pieces.
Important Steps &
Deadlines
Most project deadlines will
be related to the reading at the moment, and will not be overarching/long-term.
You can expect to spend about 30-minutes a night on Spanish work associated
with continued grammar/vocabulary exploration and the short reflections,
readings, etc. associated with El Mundo
de Realismo Mágico project. The seminars will take place intermittently
during the project, with at least a 3-day warning. The final task will be
taking place from April 22nd - May 3rd.
*You will receive individual rubrics/descriptions of these
larger tasks as we approach the due date. This is a general overview. ***Dates
are subject to change.***
Task
|
Description
|
Due date
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Seminars
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Discussion of text, led by students
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Frequent - 3-days prior warning given for seminars
|
1st Draft - Choice assignment (written
component)
|
See specific rubric for your choice assignment.
|
Friday, May 3rd EOC
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Final Draft - Choice assignment
|
Thursday, May 9th BOC
|
|
DP update (25 participation points)
|
Completion grade based on DP update guidelines.
*Send DP link to Becca* |
Wednesday, May 22nd
EODay |
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