C LIT 321 A Wi 23: Studies In Literature Of The Americas

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CLIT 321A / GLITS 314A / JSIS 480A

SLN 11947 / SLN 15465 / SLN 16272

Literature of the Americas: Dictatorship in Argentine and Chilean Fiction and Film

Professor Cynthia Steele

Winter 2023

MW 12:30-2:20                                 

cynthias@uw.edu      

CANVAS SITE:

https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1611758

REGISTRATION LINK:

https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctd-ivpjwoHNdHuVQxRa4PSB50JZp_7khs

PERSONAL MEETING ROOM (for office hours):

https://washington.zoom.us/j/2712049673

**THIS CLASS WILL BE TAUGHT BY ZOOM**

 Description:

Introduction to the genre of the political thriller, through close readings of three short novels and thirteen films from Argentina and Chile, plus one from the U.S., which explore family relationships against the backdrop of the dramatic political changes of the past half century: first the military coups, dictatorships, tortures and disappearances of the 1970s and 1980s, and then the struggle for democratization and reconciliation in the 1990s and 2000s.

We will watch the films on instant streaming, outside of class. In addition to the three novels, we will read seven journal articles analyzing the novels and films. I will post questions to our Canvas site, to guide our discussions. Students will keep a viewing and reading journal and write a 4-6-page essay, comparing a theme or problem in two or three of our primary texts (novels and/or films). The films have English subtitles and the readings are in English translation, so knowledge of Spanish is required (but it is most welcome!).

NOVELS:

  • Figueras, Marcelo. Kamchatka. Trans. Frank Wynne. NY: Grove Press / Black Cat, 2011, 312 pp; paperback $9.00 or kindle $1.99 ISBN-10: ‎ 0802170870

https://www.amazon.com/Kamchatka-Marcelo-Figueras-ebook/dp/B0081KZEX4/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=figueras+kamchatka&qid=1667173686&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjM2IiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&sr=8-1

  • Sacheri, Eduardo. The Secret in their Eyes. Trans. John Cullen. NY: Other Press, 2011, 398 pp; paperback $10.99 or kindle $10.99 ISBN-10: ‎ 1590514505

https://www.amazon.com/Days-Rainbow-Antonio-Skarmeta-ebook/dp/B00BE24WTI/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3BUKF8P7O2SG1&keywords=%22the+days+of+the+rainbow%22+sk%C3%A1rmeta&qid=1667173953&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjcwIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=the+days+of+the+rainbow+%2Caps%2C1321&sr=8-1

  • Skármeta, Antonio. The Days of the Rainbow. Trans. Mery Botbol. NY: Other Press, 2013, 240 pp; paperback $11.61 or kindle $10.99 ISBN-10: ‎1590516273

https://www.amazon.com/Days-Rainbow-Antonio-Skarmeta-ebook/dp/B00BE24WTI/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3BUKF8P7O2SG1&keywords=%22the+days+of+the+rainbow%22+sk%C3%A1rmeta&qid=1667173953&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjcwIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=the+days+of+the+rainbow+%2Caps%2C1321&sr=8-1

FILMS:  

F1. Blaustein, David. Spoils of War / Botín de guerra (1999). CANVAS

https://uw.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=aebc661f-9b30-4f89-bf17-ad920069727b&query=spoils%20of%20wa

F2. Puenzo, Luis. The Official Story / La historia oficial (1985). KANOPY

https://www.kanopy.com/en/washington/video/5724028

F3. Avila, Benjamín. Clandestine Childhood / Infancia clandestina (2011); KANOPY

https://www.kanopy.com/en/washington/video/160140

F4. Mitre, Santiago. Argentina, 1985 (2022):
https://www.amazon.com/Argentina-1985-Ricardo-Dar%C3%ADn/dp/B0B8TMQCKB/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ZVVPKQIEHATV&keywords=argentina+1985&qid=1673465974&s=instant-video&sprefix=argentina+1985%2Cinstant-video%2C353&sr=1-1

F5. Piñyero, Marcelo, Kamchatka (2002). CANVAS

https://uw.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=2ee433c5-32a6-4478-abb0-ad9900101ab5&query=kamchatka

F6. Lerman, Diego.  The Invisible Eye/ La mirada invisible (2010). KANOPY

https://washington.kanopy.com/video/invisible-eye-la-mirada-invisib

F7. Campanella, Juan José. The Secret in their Eyes / El secreto de sus ojos (2009). ALEXANDER STREET

https://search-alexanderstreet-com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cvideo_work%7C3360758

F8. Ray, Billy. Secret in their Eyes (2015). TUBI

https://tubitv.com/movies/662955?utm_source=justwatch-feed&tracking=justwatch-feed

F9. Wood, Andrés. Machuca (2004). CANVAS

https://uw.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=2e0cca95-c6bf-42f6-a3a0-af200158d74f&query=machuca

F10. Guzmán, Patricio. Nostalgia for the Light / Nostalgia de la luz (2011). CANVAS

https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1611758/assignments/7763185

F11. Guzmán, Patricio. The Cordillera of Dreams/ La cordillera de los sueños (2019). ALEXANDER STREET

https://search-alexanderstreet-com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cvideo_work%7C4744515

F12. Larraín, Pablo. Tony Manero (2008). CANVAS

https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1611758/assignments/7763237

F13. Badham, John. Saturday Night Fever (Amazon Prime):
https://www.amazon.com/Saturday-Night-Fever-John-Badham/dp/B001D07UO0/ref=atv_pr_sw_sc
Tony’s Solo Dance from Saturday Night Fever:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT42ocqmI9s

F14. Larraín, Pablo. Post-mortem (2010). AMAZON, $3

https://www.amazon.com/Mortem-English-Subtitled-Pablo-Larrain/dp/B009D55WY2/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=post-mortem&qid=1667175525&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIxLjU4IiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjEuMDAifQ%3D%3D&s=instant-video&sr=1-2

F15. Larraín, Pablo. No  (SONY, 2013). ALEXANDER STREET

https://search-alexanderstreet-com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cvideo_work%7C3373187

Articles Posted to Canvas (under “Files”):

A1. Garibotto, Verónica Inés. “’Private Narratives and Infant Views’: Iconizing 1970s Militancy in Contemporary Argentine Cinema.” Hispanic Research Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3 (June 2015), pp. 257-272.

A2. Tierney, Dolores. “Juan José Campanella: Historical Memory and Accountability in El secreto en sus ojos (The Secret in their Eyes 2009).” In Transnationalisms in Contemporary Latin American Cinema, ed. XX (Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP, 2015), pp. 201-226.

A3. Martín-Cabrera, Luis. “Class Conflict, State of Exception and Radical Justice in Machuca by Andrés Wood.” Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies: Travesía 16.1 (2007): 63-80.

A4. Uhlin, Graig. “The Natural and Unnatural Histories of Patricio Guzmán.” Resilience: A Journal of the Environmental Humanities, Vol. 7, Nos. 2-3 (Spring-Fall 2020), pp. 40-59.

A5. Thakkar, Amit. “The Perpetrating Victim: An Allegorical Reading of Pablo Larraín’s Tony Manero (2008).” Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies / Travesía, Vol. 26, No. 4 (2017), pp. 523-537.

A6. Harvey, James. “Democratic Ambivalence in post mortem.” Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies / Travesía, Vol. 26, No. 4 (2017), pp. 539-551.

A7. Vilches, Patricia. “When No Means ‘Yes’ and ‘No.”  Film International Issue 2 (2020), pp. 124-135.

Determination of Grades:

Journal One                                                                               25%

Journal Two                                                                               25%

Introduction to Comparative Essay                                        10%

Comparative Essay, 4-6 pages                                                25%

Class Participation                                                                   15%

Reading and Viewing Journal:

 Please write at least 200 words, typed, double-spaced, on each of the films and readings. Please see the numbered list of entries and instructions posted on Canvas under “Assignments.”

 Comparative Analytical Essay:

Students will write one 4-6-page analytical essay, including a list of works consulted, and incorporating discussion of the films and readings studied in class. The essay should compare and contrast a theme or problem in two of the films we have studied in class. Please see the topics and detailed instructions posted under “Assignments.”

Please follow the guidelines of the MLA Handbook:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Utilize the services of the writing tutors at the Odegaard Writing and Research Center. You can make appointments with them online:

https://depts.washington.edu/owrc/signup.php

Academic Honesty:

You are responsible for understanding and observing the UW guidelines regarding academic honesty. Your written work will be submitted through Canvas, which utilizes Turnitin to detect and provide a detailed report on any instances of plagiarism. Please let me know if you have any questions about this.

Students with Disabilities:

To request accommodations due to a disability, please contact Disabled Student Services, 448 Schmitz, (206) 543-8924 ((V/TTY). If you have a letter from Disabled Student Services indicating that you have a disability that requires academic accommodations, please present the letter to me so we can discuss such accommodations.

WINTER 2023

CALENDAR

WEEK ONE:

Wed. Jan. 4

Introduction

F1. Blaustein, David. Spoils of War (1999). CANVAS

https://uw.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=aebc661f-9b30-4f89-bf17-ad920069727b&query=spoils%20of%20wa

WEEK TWO:
Mon, Jan 9

F2. Puenzo, Luis. The Official Story (1985). KANOPY

https://washington.kanopy.com/video/official-story-1

Figueras, Marcelo. Kamchatka, trans. Frank Wynn (NY: Black Cat, 2011), First Period: Biology, Ch 1-18, pp. 1-49

 Wed, Jan 11

F3. Avila, Benjamín. Clandestine Childhood (2011). KANOPY

 https://washington.kanopy.com/video/clandestine-childhood-infancia-clandestina

 Figueras, Marcelo. Kamchatka, Second Period: Geography, Ch. 19-39, pp. 55-128.

A1. Garibotto article

WEEK THREE:

Mon, Jan 16

Martin Luther King Day, no class

Wed, Jan 18

Figueras, Marcelo. Kamchatka, Third Period: Language, Ch. 40-63, pp. 133-229.

F4. Mitre, Santiago. Argentina, 1985 (2022):
https://www.amazon.com/Argentina-1985-Ricardo-Dar%C3%ADn/dp/B0B8TMQCKB/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ZVVPKQIEHATV&keywords=argentina+1985&qid=1673465974&s=instant-video&sprefix=argentina+1985%2Cinstant-video%2C353&sr=1-1

WEEK FOUR:

Mon, Jan 23

Figueras, Marcelo. Kamchatka, Fourth Period: Astronomy, Ch. 64-81, pp. 235-309.

F5. Piñyero, Marcelo. Kamchatka (2002). CANVAS

https://uw.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=2ee433c5-32a6-4478-abb0-ad9900101ab5&query=kamchatka

Wed, Jan 25

Sacheri, Eduardo. The Secret in their Eyes, trans. John Cullen, Ch. 1-12, pp. 1-121

Friday, Jan. 27, 7 pm: JOURNAL ONE DUE TO CANVAS

WEEK FIVE:

Mon, Jan 30

Sacheri, Eduardo. Secret, Ch. 13-19, pp. 122-189.

F6. Lerman, Diego. The Invisible Eye (2010). KANOPY

https://washington.kanopy.com/video/invisible-eye-la-mirada-invisib

Wed, Feb 1

Sacheri, Eduardo. Secret, Ch. 20-32, pp. 190-284.

WEEK SIX: 

Mon, Feb 6

Sacheri, Eduardo. Secret, Ch. 33-45 and Author’s Note, pp. 285-384.

A2. Tierney article

F7. Campanella, Juan José, The Secret in their Eyes (2009), ALEXANDER STREET

https://search-alexanderstreet-com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cvideo_work%7C3360758

Wed, Feb 8

F8. Ray, Billy. Secret in their Eyes (2015). TUBI

https://tubitv.com/movies/662955?utm_source=justwatch-feed&tracking=justwatch-feed

WEEK SEVEN:

Mon, Feb 13

Skármeta, Antonio. The Days of the Rainbow, Ch. 1-13, pp. 1-55.

A3. Martín-Cabrera article.

F9. Wood, Andrés. Machuca (2004). CANVAS.

https://uw.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=2e0cca95-c6bf-42f6-a3a0-af200158d74f&query=machuca

Wed, Feb 15

Skármeta, Antonio. The Days, Ch. 14-26, pp. 56-117.

F10. Guzmán, Patricio. Nostalgia for the Light (2011). CANVAS

https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1611758/assignments/7763185

A4. Uhlin article

WEEK EIGHT:

Mon, Feb 20

Presidents’ Day, no class

Wed, Feb 22

Skármeta, Antonio. The Days, Ch. 27-36, pp. 118-180.

F11. Guzmán, Patricio. The Cordillera of Dreams (2019). ALEXANDER STREET

https://search-alexanderstreet-com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cvideo_work%7C4744515

WEEK NINE:

Mon, Feb 27

Skármeta, Antonio. The Days, Ch. 37-44, pp 181-231.

F12. Larraín, Pablo. Tony Manero (Canvas)

https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1611758/assignments/7763237

F13. Badham, John. Saturday Night Fever (Canvas)

https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1611758/assignments/7919184

A5. Thakkar article

Wed, March 1

F14. Larraín, Pablo. Post-mortem (2010). Amazon Video rent $3

https://www.amazon.com/Mortem-English-Subtitled-Pablo-Larrain/dp/B009D55WY2/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2QIF8XYHTPZ8L&keywords=post-mortem&qid=1650835544&sprefix=post-mortem%2Caps%2C257&sr=8-2

A6. Harvey article

 WEEK TEN:
Mon, March 6

F15. Larraín, Pablo. No  (SONY, 2013). ALEXANDER STREET

https://search-alexanderstreet-com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cvideo_work%7C3373187

A7. Vilches article

Bring your working title and introduction with thesis statement to class for peer critiques.

Wed, March 8

12: Submit Introduction to Comparative Essay to Canvas

Conclusions

Fri,  March 10, 7 pm: JOURNAL TWO DUE TO CANVAS

Mon, March 13, 7 pm: ESSAY DUE TO CANVAS

Course Summary:

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