AUTHOR |
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| 1. Anonymous / Diego Reynoso |
Popol Vuh (Prologue, Chapters 1-9) |
| 2. Nezahuacóyotl |
Poem: "Is it possible?" |
| 3. Christopher Columbus (Cristóbal Colón) |
Diary and Log: First Trip to the Americas, October 12, 1492 |
| 4. Anonymous, Codex Florentino (1540-1585) |
Aztec narration of Moctezuma meeting Cortés upon the Spaniards' entrance into Mexico City (Tenochtitlán) November 8, 1519
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| 5. Bernal Díaz del Castillo |
The Conquest of New Spain (1568): Passage referring to the Spaniards' entrance into México City (Tenochtitlán) on November 8, 1519
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| 6. Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca |
Naufragios (1555): Narration of the Spaniards' arrival in La Florida
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| 7. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz |
Sonnet #145: "Éste que ves..." ["This Thing You See"] |
| 8. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz |
Poem (redondilla): "Hombres necios" ["You Silly Men"] |
| 9. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz |
Answer to Sor Filotea de la Cruz |
| 10. Sor Filotea de la Cruz |
Letter by Sor Filotea de la Cruz to Sor Juana |
| 11. José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi |
El Periquillo Sarniento |
| 12. Simón Bolívar |
Letter to General Francisco de Miranda, July 12,1812
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| 13. Simón Bolívar |
Address to the Citizen of Caracas, October 18, 1813 |
| 14. Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda |
Poem: "Al partir" |
| 15. Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda |
Novel (selected passages): Sab |
| 16. José Martí |
Poem: "Ved, sentado lo llevo..." |
| 17. Rubén Darío |
Poem: "El cisne" |
| 18. Félix Varela |
Novel (excerpt): Jicoténcal |
| 19 Juan Bosch |
Short story: "La mujer [The Woman]" |
| 20. Pablo Neruda |
Book of poetry: Alturas de Macchu Picchu |
| 21. Alejo Carpentier |
Essay: "About the Latin American real maravilloso" |
| 22. Ernesto Cardenal |
Book Poem: "Quetzalcóatl" |
| 23. Nancy Morejón |
Poem: "Mujer negra" (Spanish) / "Black Woman" (English) |
| 24. Article on Fidel Castro and pope Benedict XVI |
Article: "Meeting Between Fidel Castro and Benedict XVI" |
| 25. Mexican Food, Aztlán, and 21st century humanities |
Article: "Taco USA" by Gustavo Arellano (2012) |
| 26. Leonardo Padura |
Essay: "Chano Pozo's Sad Night" |
