SPAN 4655 - Jose Marti: Modernity and Myth

(CA-AS) Satisfies Option 1.

Spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

S. McDaniel.

Political exile, anti-imperialist prophet, nationalist hero, revolutionary martyr, poetic innovator, journalist, apostle, Latinx migrant. Ever iconic, at times ironic, the figure of Cuban writer José Martí has been both monumentalized and malleable, a frequency appropriated emblem of a spectrum of ideological positions. Through the lenses of Latin American, caribbean, Latinx, and trans-American literary and cultural studies, this course explores Martí’s life and work and their translation into art, film, politics, and music from the late nineteenth century until the present. Having resided in New York for fifteen years, Martí’s work and image offer unparalleled insights into the politics of gender, race, class, imperialism, identity, immigration, citizenship, technology, and the human spirit in the Americas.