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Literary Movements
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Understanding Context
Students need to familiarize themselves with literary movements in order to understand the works in their proper historical and cultural context. The resources available in Spanish are outstanding. They are organized in three categories: general sites on literary history that include information on Spain as well as Spanish America; sites on the history of Spanish literature; and sites on Latin American literary history.
General (Spain and Spanish America)
- Biblioteca Virtual Cervantes
This site is the grandfather of Spanish literary Web sites. Whatever you're looking for is buried somewhere in this huge database. The trick may be finding it! In the section "Biblioteca del autor" you will find a well-organized outline of links to the life and works of the author, his or her works online, critical material, and much more. There is even a "Biblioteca de voces" where the works may be accessed aurally, and your students may be able to hear Neruda and Guillén, for instance, reciting their own poetry. If you could have only one single site, this would have to be it!
Biblioteca Virtual Cervantes
- El aleph
This site bills itself as a "buscador literario." It is an outstanding source for links to literary matters.
El aleph
- Bit-biblioteca
This site from Venezuela Analítica houses a huge base of literary works, but also maintains home pages for major writers like Borges, Cervantes, Cortázar, Lorca, etc. Bit-biblioteca
- La Biblioteca Virtual
Visit this site for a general, extensive database of works by major world authors, with biographical sketches and links for major figures. An important, worthwhile source.
La Biblioteca Virtual
- Iberian Language and Literature Web
Yale University's site, which links to resources dealing with Hispanic language and literature, is important but can be overwhelming because of the vast amount of information the site contains.
Iberian Language and Literature Web
Spain
- El Rincón Castellano
This site is a well-designed site for the study of major periods, movements, and figures of Spanish literature.
El Rincón Castellano
- Literature World-Web
Rafael Yáñez' site is useful only for literary history of the Golden Age.
Literature World-Web
- Presentación de la Literatura Hispánica
Dr. Miguel Pérez Rosado maintains this site for Spanish literary history with much graphic material.
Presentación de la Literatura Hispánica
Spanish America
- Literatura latinoamericana
This is a well designed and useful site for contemporary figures, especially boom writers.
Literatura latinoamericana
- Literatura hispanoamericana
Francisco Robles Ortega maintains this site on contemporary Spanish American literary figures. It contains a large index of critical articles on each of the writers.
Literatura hispanoamericana
- Literatura española
This is a dense site of figures and literary history of Latin America with abundant links (some of which do not function). More emphasis on contemporary figures.
Literatura española
- Antología virtual de literatura latinoamericana
An amazing collection of articles and works organized by author in three volumes!
Antología virtual de literatura latinoamericana
- Literature in Latin America -- Lanic
The University of Texas' Latin American Studies Center maintains a huge electronic database of cultural links organized by countries. An outstanding resource for links.
Literature in Latin America -- Lanic
- Magical Realism on the Web
Not surprisingly, magical realism is the topic of this site. It lists a vast number of links for authors and works related to magical realism.
Magical Realism on the Web
- Mundo Latino
This site maintains a broad list of home pages on major contemporary Latin American literary figures.
Mundo Latino
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