UNIDAD I: La desilusión y la esperanza.

Pintura: “Open Air School” de Diego Rivera.

Poema: “Plantado,” Gustavo Pérez Firmat.

Sandra Cisneros.

SELECCIÓN AUTOBIOGRÁFICA: Entrevista con Cisneros.

LECTURAS de La Casa en Mango Street—“Geraldo sin apellido”; “No speak English”; “Cuatro árboles flaquititos.”

Francisco Jiménez.

SELECCIÓN AUTOBIOGRÁFICA: “La génesis de `Cajas de cartón.'”

LECTURA: “Cajas de cartón.”

Gustavo Pérez Firmat.

SELECCIÓN AUTOBIOGRÁFICA: Comentario de Pérez Firmat.

LECTURAS de cincuenta Lecciones de exilio y desexilio—V, XXII (Sin cuenta), XLIX L.

UNIDAD II: La soledad y la unión.

Pintura: “The Epic of American Civilization” de José Clemente Orozco.

Poema: “Mi madre cuando nos visita,” Gustavo Pérez Firmat.

Rosario Castellanos.

SELECCIÓN AUTOBIOGRÁFICA: “En recuerdo de Rosario Castellanos.”

LECTURAS: “Kinsey Report No. 6”; “Kinsey Report No. 2.”

Angeles Mastretta.

SELECCIÓN AUTOBIOGRÁFICA: “La mujer es un misterio.”

LECTURAS de Mujeres de ojos grandes—“Un día el marido de la tía Magdalena...”; “No era bonita la tía Cristina Martínez...”; “Tía José Rivadeneira....”

Pablo Neruda.

SELECCIÓN AUTOBIOGRÁFICA: Memorias—Confieso que he vivido.

LECTURAS: “Poema XX”; “Oda a la vida.”

UNIDAD III: Los derechos humanos y la justicia social.

Pintura: “El tres de mayo” de Francisco de Goya y Lucientes.

Poema: “Poética,” Heberto Padilla.

Rosario Castellanos.

LECTURA: “Memorial de Tlatelolco.”

Pablo Neruda.

LECTURA: “Margarita Naranjo.”

Mario Bencastro.

SELECCIÓN AUTOBIOGRÁFICA: Comentario de Bencastro.

LECTURA: “El fotógrafo de la muerte.”

Marjorie Agosín.

SELECCIÓN AUTOBIOGRÁFICA.

LECTURAS de Ausencia de sombras—“Lo más increíble”; “Memorial de las locas en la Plaza de Mayo”; “La desaparecida.”

UNIDAD IV: La imaginación y la realidad.

Pintura: “¿Lo mira o lo sueña?” de Ramón Llovet.

Poema: “Instrucciones para ingresar en una nueva sociedad,” Heberto Padilla.

Silvina Ocampo.

SELECCIÓN AUTOBIOGRÁFICA: Correspondencia con Silvina Ocampo.

LECTURA: “La casa de azúcar.”

Gabriel García Márquez.

SELECCIÓN AUTOBIOGRÁFICA: Conversación con García Márquez.

LECTURA: “Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes.”

Rosario Ferré.

SELECCIÓN AUTOBIOGRÁFICA: Conversando con Rosario Ferré.

LECTURA: “La muñeca menor.”

Índice de palabras problemáticas.
Vocabulario.

Vistas y voces latinas brings the rich world of Latin American and Latino writings to intermediate and advanced-intermediate students. Now in its third edition, this contemporary reader not only bears a new title, but also incorporates new selections and highlights new themes. Vistas includes an array of oral and written activities designed to stimulate students' critical thinking and develop their reading, writing, and speaking skills.

In combination with Vistas, the new edition of Spanish Grammar in Review also serves as an ideal complement to your intermediate and advanced-intermediate courses. The third edition of Spanish Grammar in Review by Holton, Hadlich, and Gomez-Estrada offers practical grammatical analyses and a multitude of review exercises.

• New selections by well-known contemporary authors—Includes Sandra Cisneros, Gustavo Pérez Firmat, Ángeles Mastretta, Marjorie Agosín, and Heberto Padilla.

  • Keeps students up to date on important contributions to the literary field.

• Chapter-opening poems.

  • Gives students greater perspective on Latin American and Latino culture through additional literary forms.

• New chapter themes for each chapter.

  • Helps students understand the significance of the material to be covered by putting it in context.

• Chapter-opening “Para empezar” sections—Students discuss and compare the poem and work of art that introduce each chapter's theme.

  • Enhances students' analytical skills.

• Reorganization of exercises within the chapter—Precedes and follows reading selections by “Antes de leer” and “Después de leer” exercises.

  • Stimulates students' conversation, creativity, and analysis of each author's works.

• Spanish-language biographical introductions of each author.

  • Reflects a more advanced-level text to better suit students' needs.

• Reorganized vocabulary lists and exercises—Precedes reading selections.

  • Prepares students more thoroughly for reading selections.

• More reading selections in each chapter.

  • Increases students' opportunities for discussion and comparison.

• New vocabulary section, “Otras palabras útiles”—Contains useful Spanish expressions and terms.

  • Helps students fully comprehend the reading selections.

• New “Conexiones” section—Provides questions and essay topics, along with a list of recommended films and research topics.

  • Helps students compare and contrast all the sections of a chapter.