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Michael Predmore

Michael Predmore

Professor of Iberian and Latin American Cultures

Focal Groups:
    Workshop in Poetics

Contact:

Pigott Hall 215
650 723 1920
predmore@stanford.edu

Office Hours:

MW 2:15 - 4:00PM and by appointment

BIO:

A recipient of the Fulbright, Guggenheim, ACLS, and NEH fellowships, as well as fellowships from the Wisconsin and Stanford Humanities Centers, Michael P. Predmore has published several books and numerous articles on twentieth-century Spanish and Latin American literature. Among his best known books are: La obra en prosa de Juan Ramón Jiménez (1966, 1975), La poesía hermética de Juan Ramón Jiménez (1973), Una España joven en la poesía de Antonio Machado (1981), and scholarly editions of Platero y yo and Diario de un poeta reciencasado, both published by Cátedra.

AFFINITY LINKS:

19th century
20th century
lyric poetry
modernism

ILAC

Courses

  • ILAC
    114N
    Lyric Poetry
    Aut
    2012-13

    Preference to freshmen. For students with at least two years of language preparation. Focus is on principal elements and expressive devices of lyric poetry: multidimensional use of language, denotation, connotation, image, metaphor, symbol, paradox, irony, meaning, idea, rhythm, and meter. Readings include the best of major poets of Spain and Latin America: Becquer, Rosalia de Castro, Ruben Dari­o, Unamuno, Antonio Machado, García Lorca, Neruda, and Gabriela Mistral. Bilingual in English and Spanish with an emphasis on Spanish.

  • ILAC
    130
    Introduction to Iberia: Cultural Perspectives
    Spr
    2012-13

    The historical dynamics, linguistic plurality, and social complexity of the Iberian world. Topics include: empire, independence Civil war; republicanism; the crisis at the end of the century: the year 98; the civil war; dictatorships, Franco, and Salazar. Major figures include Larra, Esproceda, Béquer, Rosalía de Castro, Verdaguer, Galdós, Maragall, Unamuno, Valle-Inclán, Machado, and Lorca. Taught in Spanish. 

  • ILAC
    223
    The Generation of 1898 and Beyond
    Win
    2012-13

    Preference for graduate students, majors are welcome. Course will focus on six major authors (Unamuno, Baroja, A. Machado, J R Jiménez, Valle-Inclán, García Lorca) and representative works, written between 1898 and 1930, dealing with an historical period of crisis and transition, and displaying major aesthetic innovations in both poetry and theater. Fundamental themes include the decline of feudal Galicia, the Spanish-Amrican War of 1898, the emergence and social activism of new social forces, and the struggle for and betrayal of democracy, expressed through the various genres of the novel, poetry, and theater. Taught in English. 

  • ILAC
    336
    Early 20th Century Iberian Poetry
    Spr
    2012-13

    Poetry in restoration Spain, 1871-1930, against the background of the democratic tradition of Spanish liberalism. Emphasis is on stylistic analysis and concepts such as the generation of 1898, modernism, Krausism, pure poetry, and symbolic systems. Major works of Antonio Machado, Juan Ramón Jiménez, and Federico García Lorca will be examined, with special emphasis on the historical context of the first three decades of the 20th century and their contributions to the development of 20th century Spanish lyric poetry. Taught in English or Spanish, depending on class enrollment. 

Publications