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Major Home Pages for AP Spanish Authors
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Enlivening the Study of Literature
Most of the authors included in the AP Spanish Literature course have home pages maintained by professional organizations, academic or cultural institutions, governments, or well-respected scholars. The list below includes sites from those types of sources, since the sites are reliable, regularly updated, and contain extensive resources and links. Some important authors like Cervantes, Borges, Lorca, García Márquez, etc., have several such pages, but the ones below are extensive and generally provide links to other sites focused on the particular author. There are a number of authors not listed below who do not have dedicated home pages as of yet, but it is still possible to find information about them on the Internet. The Web sites listed below will not only orient you in the life and works of the authors, but in many cases include their works online, provide critical commentary, and list other resources that will enliven the study of literature.
 Leopoldo Alas ("Clarín")
Isabel Allende
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Jorge Luis Borges
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Julio Cortázar
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Rubén Darío
José de Espronceda
Carlos Fuentes
Federico García Lorca
Gabriel García Márquez
Garcilaso de la Vega
Luis de Góngora
Nicolás Guillén
José María de Heredia
Mariano José de Larra
Antonio Machado
Juan Manuel
José Martí
Carmen Martín Gaite
Tirso de Molina
Pablo Neruda
Francisco de Quevedo
Horacio Quiroga
Juan Rulfo
Alfonsina Storni
Miguel de Unamuno
At this moment there are few Web resources outside of AP Central that address the new AP Spanish Literature reading list specifically. One notable source is Rodney Rodríguez's site, Spanish Literature: An Online Curriculum Guide for Students and Teachers, where one can find links to biographies of the AP authors, to their literary context, some exercises dealing with grammatical and lexical items found in the works, and most important, a list of teaching resources available for each work (e.g. videos, films, Web sites, recordings, critical texts, etc.) with links to the companies or organizations where the resource may be purchased, rented, or borrowed. Another useful feature is the suggestion of different orders of reading the AP list based on themes, genre, levels of difficulty, and literary movements.
Spanish Literature: An Online Curriculum Guide for Teachers and Students
As times goes on, other teachers and professors will place their materials and lesson plans for teaching the new AP Spanish Literature curriculum online, and the Web will serve as a true cyber community to keep us in touch and informed. Happy surfing!
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