Post-Colonial Perspectives: Relations between Latin America and Spain from 1810 to nowadays

ECTS : 2

Language of instruction : French

Teaching hours : 24

Course content:

What is postcolonial criticism? How to write a research paper Black and White Legends: A Brief History of of Colonial Latin America Enlightenment and Revolution Washington, Napoleon and Hidalgo Simon Bolivar and the Independence for Hispanic America Building Nations ¿Los Indios¿ as Native Americans Oligarchy, Bourgeoisie, Foreign Interests Spain in the 19th Century The Monroe Doctrine Industrialization The Significance of 1898

Skills to be acquired:

This course will provide students with the following skills and knowledge: 

• A broad knowledge of the modern and contemporary history of Latin America and Spain.
• Tools for the understanding of history as broad processes, reciprocally interacting, and occurring within a context.
• Have a thorough comprehension of the processes that shape the world today. 
• Use of critical analysis for research. 

Weighting : 0.50

Bibliography, recommended reading:

• Andrews, George. "Spanish American Independence: A Structural Analysis". Latin American Perspectives 12.1 (1985): 105-132.
• Bolívar, Simón. "Carta de Jamaica" (1815). https://es.wikisource.org/wiki/Carta_de_Jamaica
• Burdiel, Isabel. "Morir de éxito: El péndulo liberal y la revolución española del siglo XIX". Historia y política 1 (1999): 181-203.
• Casanueva, Rocío. "La Doctrina Monroe: Su Significado y Aplicación Durante el Siglo XIX", 2007.
• Fusi, Juan Pablo. "España. La evolución de la identidad nacional", en La nación española: historia y presente (2001). FAES: 93-107.
• González Prada, Manuel. "Nuestros indios" (1904). http://www.edu.mec.gub.uy/biblioteca_digital/libros/g/Gonzalez%20Prada,%20Manuel%20-%20Nuestros%20indios.htm
• * Goucher, Candice et alii. Selección de "Dual Revolutions: Capitalist Industrialism and the Nation State", capítulo 16 de In the Balance: Themes in Global History. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 1998.
• Hobsbawn, Eric. "Introduction: Inventing Traditions", en E. Hobsbawn & T. Ranger (eds.) The Invention of Tradition. Cambridge University Press, 1983: 1-14.
• Martí, José. "Nuestra América" (1891). https://es.wikisource.org/wiki/Nuestra_Am%C3%A9rica
• Mignolo, Walter. "Occidentalización, imperialismo, globalización: herencias coloniales y teorías postcoloniales". Revista iberoamericana 61.170 (1995): 27-40.
• Prados, Leandro. "Colonial Independence and Economic Backwardness in Latin America", Working Paper 10/05 (2005).
• Rodó, José Enrique. "Ariel" (1900). https://es.wikisource.org/wiki/Ariel_(Versi%C3%B3n_para_imprimir)
• Sábato, Hilda. "On Political Citizenship in Nineteenth-Century