The Art of Brevity: Linguistic Conciseness in the Spanish and Latin American Traditions
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Terms Fall 2015 The Art of Brevity: Linguistic Conciseness in the Spanish and Latin American Traditions
Course Description
Summary
Baltasar Graci谩n, master of the aphorism, summed it up this way: "something good, if brief, is twice as good." Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares sought in the microrrelato (a very short story) "the essence of narrative." In our time, compressed political slogans or tweets compete to attract the fragmented attention of the public. This course will explore the question of narrative brevity in the Spanish tradition. Chronologically, from classic aphorism and proverbs to greguer铆as and microrrelatos, not forgetting newspaper headlines and slogans, we will discuss the art of linguistic economy in Spanish, its main characteristics and possible limitations. By analyzing these 鈥渧erbal miniatures鈥 student will continue polishing their grammatical skills while widening their cultural understanding. Low-intermediate level. Conducted in Spanish.Prerequisites
Two terms of Spanish at Bennington or permission of the Spanish faculty
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