Primera semana: Guantanamera
We will view portions of each of these videos in class Feb 7.
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Today we will view and reflect upon various images of José Martí in Cuba and around the world.
This week we will learn about the Cuban Special Period, The Mariel Boatlift, and The Cuban Revolution. Feb 12: Chapter 1-2 Voces de Mariel
Cuban Special Period: Selections from: Cuba in the Special Period: Culture and Ideology in the 1990s (New Directions in Latino American Cultures)
Read selections from Voices of Mariel.
In class today we will have a Zoom conversation with Magia López about living in Havana during the Special Period.
History of the Cuban Revolution (1959)
Read: Selections from: Cuban Revolution Reader : A Documented History of 40 Years of the Cuban Revolution
See the Film Voces de Mariel
(José Martí: El ojo del canario on reserve in the library)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff8amV9VWCo
Film. Write an analysis (1.5 pages)
History of the José Martí in the US
Discussion of the readings:
A Vindication of Cuba (1889)
With All and for the Good of All (1891)
Versos Sencillos (selected poems)
The Truth About the United States (1894)
http://www.josemarti.cu/publicacion/la-verdad-sobre-los-estados-unidos/
Town burns a black man alive
http://www.josemarti.cu/publicacion/carta-de-jose-marti-23-de-febrero-de-1892/
The Montecristi Manifesto (1895)
The final unfinished letter to Manuel Mercado (1895)
Final Project topic due: Brief preliminary thesis and outline. 2 page minimum.
Initial research report outlining your working research question and proposing supporting material.
List four parts of your web-page.
Detailed Outline should be 4-5 pages in length and include your working thesis statement.
Turn in an updated justification of how your topic fits the larger project, and notes on relevant literature, your key sources, and preliminary conclusions.
Turn in 3-4 pages of your website
Turn in your full plan for your website as a storyboard.
Student 1 Project Initial Presentation
Student 2 Project Initial Presentation
Student 3 Project Initial Presentation
Student 4 Project Initial Presentation
Student 5 Project Initial Presentation
Student 6 Project Initial Presentation
Student 7 Project Initial Presentation
Student 8 Project Initial Presentation
Student 9 Project Initial Presentation
Student 19 Project Initial Presentation
Final website with revisions due
Student 11 Project Initial Presentation
Student 12 Project Initial Presentation