Professor Emeritus of Spanish and Spanish American Literatures
rdecosta@uchicago.edu
PhD, Washington University, 1970
Selected Courses Taught
Graduate:
- Theater of Spain and Spanish America
- Poetry and Poetics from Middle Ages to Present
- Painting and Poetry of the Avant-Garde (France, Spain, Italy and Latin America)
- Latin American Thought (Essay)
- Literature of the Fantastic (European and Latin American)
- Humor Theory
- Borges
- Huidobro
- Neruda
- Parra
- Women Writers of Spain and Spanish America
Undergraduate:
- A variety of courses in the humanities and world literature, with readings from the Great Books and hitherto "marginal" writers
- Art, architecture and literature sequences for year long team-taught courses in Latin American Civilization
- Intensive course on Civilization in the Western Mediterranean given at the University of Chicago's Center in Barcelona, Spain
Subject Area:
Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Studies