Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Gabriel García Márquez: Power, History and Love
University of Los Andes
In this course you identified Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez’s narrative contributions to world literature through the study of three of the author’s obsessions: power, history and love.
8 weeks, 4 hours per week
Hugo Ramírez
Professor of Humanities and Literature
University of Los Andes
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Develop higher appreciation of Gabriel García Marquez’ work
- Explore how his literary production has evolved over time
- Compare and relate his literary works
- Identify and recognize the principal traits that characterize his work
- Discuss the connections between García Marquez' work and other literary texts
- Debate the leading themes of the course: power, history and love
- Reflect on the language use, characters and spatio-temporal dimension
Syllabus
Week 1: The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother
- Course Introduction
- Introduction to week 1
- Language and structure
- Space and its functions
- The multiple dimensions of time
- Conclusion
Weeks 2 & 3: The Autumn of the Patriarch
- Introduction to week 2
- Characters
- Language and structure
- Space and its functions
- The multiple dimensions of time
- Conclusion
Week 4: Chronicle of a Death Foretold
- Introduction to week 4
- Language and structure
- Space and its functions
- The multiple dimensions of time
- Conclusion
Week 5: Love in the Time of Cholera
- Introduction to week 5
- Language and structure
- Space and its functions
- The multiple dimensions of time
- Conclusion
Weeks 6 & 7: The General in his Labyrinth
- Introduction to week 6
- Language and structure
- Characters
- Space and its functions
- The multiple dimensions of time
- Conclusion
Week 8: Of Love and Other Demons
- Introduction to week 8
- Language and structure
- Characters
- Course conclusions
Issued on 14th July 2016
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