| Mon: |
Positivists and Progress, 1880-1930 |
| Garcia Marquez's Colombia | |
| Fri: |
NO LECTURE: Discussion Sections Meet |
| Reading: |
García Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude, parts 8-14 |
Thanks to Cristina Ruiz for these great pictures of gaucho culture on Argentina's pampas!
And some links for this week
The Library of Congress on William Walker in Nicaragua
Pictures of
Simón Patiño's house: link 1 and link 2
Rubén Darío of Nicaragua is one of those rural, less privileged people who benefited from increased educational opportunities during the early 20c, despite the generally racist tenor of the times. A child prodigy and a dark-complexioned mestizo, he achieved worldwide fame for his poetry. For his view of U.S. imperialism, see his poem "To Roosevelt. "