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As you read the information below, think of how it relates to this class and the required readings.
"if you can read, you can read this"
"Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55% of plepoe can
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The
phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde
Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the
olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit
pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a
pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by
istlef, but teh wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot
slpeling was ipmorantt! "
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Read the online Newspapers, poems or resources I have posted here. You are not expected to understand every word. When you read English, you do not understand every word. Do not use a dictionary when you read. Try to negotiate meaning and rely on context clues and prior knowledge.
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p. 50 "El Viaje Definitivo", Juan Ramón Jiménez
pp. 92,94 "Sueños" Nicanor Parra
p.143 "Adiós Muchachos"
p. 236 "Un Romance y un Corrido"
p.240 "Abenámar"
p. 241 En Durango Comenzó"
Lecturas pp. 284-6; 388-91
-- "Mi Padre" Manuel del Toro
-- "Zalacán el Aventurero" Pio Baroja
pp. 339-342 "Un día de éstos" Gabriel García
Márquez
pp. 346-50 "La Tía Julia y el Escribidor , Mario Vargas Llosa
pp. 392-3 "La Bomba"
pp. 395-6 -Búcate Plata- Nicolás Guillen
pp. 404-406 -¡Quién sabe!- José Santos Chocano
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PERIODISMO
Read the following Newspaper articles from the text or get up to date information about similiar topics from the online newspapers posted here.
Bring articles and be prepared to discuss them in class.
San Angel (p.p. 21, 29)
El AVE (pp. 26-28)
El Tiempo (pp. 29-33)
El Servico Militar (pp. 80-3)
Carteras (p. 86)
San Fermin , El Carnaval (pp. 108-9)
El Wind Surf (pp. 129-132)
El Tango (p. 140)
Una boda (pp. 172-8)
Anuncios sociales (pp. 178-81)
Los Titulares y Los Sucesos (pp. 223; 225-29)
Una Carta al director (pp. 262-4)
La Muerte de Paquirri (pp. 269-70)
La Salud estudiantil
La Dieta (pp. 318-20)
La Contaminación por el ruido (pp. 322-25)
Los Mayas- ¿Qué pasó realmente con la civilización maya? (pp. 373-76)
Los Judíos en el Caribe (pp. 383-85)
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LEVEL 3 READING LIST
Level III
Vanidades, Hola (magazines)
Bertran y sus Aventuras Maravillosas
Ultimas Aventuras de Bertran
Marianela
Cuentos Modernos
Momentos Hispanos (anthology of short stories)
Una carta a Dios (short story)
AHORA : Ciclon Fey, Copan y los Mayas de hoy.
AHORA : Hielos y desiertos de la Patagonia, Patinaje en línea.
Don Quijote de la Mancha (an adaptation)
Leyendas Latinoamericanas
El Cid (excerpts from the poem in English)
El Cid (an Adaptation in prose) by Marcel C. Andrade
Pasajes: Literatura by Bretz, Dvorak, and Kirschner
El Sombrero de Tres Picos by Pedro Antonio de Alarcon
Assorted short stories:
"Abenamar"
"En Durango Comenzo"
"Adiós Muchachos"
"El Viaje Definitivo", by Juan R. Jimenez
"Al Partir" by Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda
"Sueños" by Nicanor Parra
"Mi Adorado Juan" by Miguel Mihura
"El Niño Al Que Se Le Murió El Amigo" by Ana M. Matute
"En Paz" by Amado Nervo
"Un Día De Estor" by Gabriela G. Marquez
. The Miami Herald (in Spanish)
Biography of famous painters and legends of Malinche, Atahualpa, Boabdil
Bernadino by Ana Maria Matute
El almohodón de plumas by Horacio Quiroga
El viaje definitivo by Juan Ramon Jimenez
La Verbena de la paloma by Tomas Bretón
Sueños by Nicanor Parra
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Búcate plata by Nícolas Guillen
Canción de jinete by Federico Garcia Lorca
La llamada de La Habana-Lola Lago, detective by Lourdes Miquel and Neus Sans
Lejos de casa-Lola Lago, detective by Lourdes Miquel and Neus Sans
Lazarillo de Tormes (Adaptation)
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Level III and Civilization
Cien Años de Soledad by Gabriel García Marquez
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
El Cid by Anónimo
En la Ardiente Oscuridad by Antonio Buero Vallejo
Historia de una Escalera by Antonio Buero Vallejo
La Casa de Bernarda Alba by Federico García Lorca
Nada by Carmen Laforet
Lola Lago (series)