Week 1 [Introduction]

Hello, I am Montserrat Avendano. I am a second year, and while I haven’t declared my major, my minor is Law and Society. A little about me is that I am 20 years old and from Mexico City. I speak Spanish, English and a bit of french.
I am taking SPAN 312 as my last literature requirement since I took and enjoyed RMST 202 a lot in my first year. The contents in terms of the readings are different, and although these terms required reading seem more content-heavy, they appear much more interesting to me because they remind me of home since I grew up hearing or knowing many of the authors and books.
Being from Latin America, I have either grown up hearing or sometimes even reading about some of the materials that will be discussed in class. I grew up thinking that these were the clasics, studied some of the books we will discuss in class in elementary school and have witnessed how they have impacted Latin American literature over the years. They are, in fact, a significant portion of Latin American literature. Moreover, because of the fact that I am from Latin America, my perception of Latin American literature could be more biased towards its glorification, and my exposure to it is extensive.
I like to read for fun, but I find it hard to read this heavily while I am working on other courses that almost always have the same amount of reading. Nevertheless, I am excited to study and discuss the texts and the themes they talk about.
Answering the bit about hopscotch. At first, I was confused when the game was introduced into the class, but after discussing it in both our lectures and the video, I can see the comparison with the course.
I am incredibly excited to re-read and read new Latin American books. Exposure to different types of Authors from all over Latin America will be beneficial to eradicate this generalization about Latinx people and their work. But I am curious to see our discussion when it comes to problematic authors like the ones we discussed in today’s class and what happens when we encounter situations like that. Do we separate the art from the author? Do we never re-read the art?
Anyways.
I am very excited to read and hear all of your opinions.
My question for you this week is the following.
Which book are you most excited about? And why?
I am most excited about “100 years of solitude” Since I have had a copy of the book for years but have never actually read it because it is very long, and I end up putting it off.