Professor Carmen Aravena

SP 350 The Culture and Literature of Chile

Professor Carmen Aravena

 
Pablo Neruda was a true citizen of the world.  His poetry not only explored global injustice, but Neruda himself found friends around the world who worked on behalf of the oppressed, such people as fellow Chilean Gabriel Mistral, Federico Garcia Lorca (Spain), Diego Rivera (Mexico), Louis Aragon (France), and Gandhi (India).  Students will participate in discussions and workshops both at Millikin and in Chile, where they will also visit significant places in Neruda’s and Mistral’s lives. Students will also attend cultural events, keep a daily journal, conduct research, and write an essay.