{"id":27,"date":"2017-05-10T14:56:30","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T14:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/opentextbookswithstudents\/chapter\/case-study-antologia-abierta-de-literatura-hispanica\/"},"modified":"2021-09-24T20:55:44","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T20:55:44","slug":"case-study-antologia-abierta-de-literatura-hispanica","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/opentextbookswithstudents\/chapter\/case-study-antologia-abierta-de-literatura-hispanica\/","title":{"raw":"Case study: Antolog\u00eda Abierta de Literatura Hisp\u00e1nica","rendered":"Case study: Antolog\u00eda Abierta de Literatura Hisp\u00e1nica"},"content":{"raw":"Antolog\u00eda Abierta de Literatura Hisp\u00e1nica<\/em> (The Introduction to Hispanic Literature<\/em>) is the brainchild of Dr. Julie Ward, an assistant professor of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Latin American literature at University of Oklahoma.\r\n\r\nWard said the anthology was inspired by The Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature<\/em>[footnote]Robin DeRosa, The Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature<\/em> (Public Commons Publishing: 2015). https:\/\/openamlit.pressbooks.com\/.[\/footnote]<\/a> project Robin DeRosa spearheaded in her classroom. When she saw that text, she thought, \u201cThat\u2019s exactly what I wanted to do.\u201d\r\n\r\nIn the fall 2016 semester, she embarked on a project in her Spanish-language literature course, Introduction to Hispanic Literature and Culture, in which groups of four to five students selected ten texts from the fifteenth century to the twentieth century to include in a critical edition.\r\n\r\nThe included texts span different genres of literature, with authors ranging from Christopher Columbus to Horacio Quiroga. Ward and a graduate student \"research guide\" had pre-established lists of texts students could review and choose from.\r\n\r\nFor each work, the student groups compiled context in the form of an introduction, at least ten annotations on the text about style, references and colloquialisms, an image and a biography about the author--their style, milieux and how the work relates to the rest of their works, and a bibliography. The texts, introductions and all other contextual elements of the book are all in Spanish.\r\n\r\nThe content of the critical edition was developed in the class, but the work on the text didn\u2019t end there. In the subsequent semester, two students were paid to take the critical edition, verify the facts and public domain licenses, and format it using Pressbooks. Alice Barrett, who is being paid by the OU Office of Undergraduate Research, is one of these students. The other student, Karlee Bradberry, is an honors research assistant, funded through the OU Honors College Research Assistant Program.\r\n\r\n\u201dI had a great experience with the group work aspect of the project,\u201d said Barrett, who said Ward emphasized group dynamics and started class with an article about a study Google had done about creating groups of people that work efficiently and creatively.\r\n\r\n\u201cFor me what was most helpful was Dr. Ward\u2019s organizational skills. It was very clear what we were expected to do.\u201d\r\n\r\nBarrett said she learned a lot from the project, including how to do research to find information, how to leverage library resources, and how to split the workload in a group. (She noted you have to let people do the work that\u2019s assigned to them.)\r\n\r\nProjects like this \u201cwill be successful if the group dynamic is successful and everyone knows what they\u2019re going to be working on,\u201d she said.\r\n\r\nShe recommends that future instructors considering similar projects make sure their students find sources in the public domain and cite their sources thoroughly and correctly.\r\n\r\nAfter working on the project Barrett said she feels more confident about taking on big projects as well as writing in Spanish. In her work after the class, she edited and verified sources for \u201cHombres necios que acus\u00e1is\" by Sor Juana In\u00e9s de la Cruz, one of the first feminist writers in Spanish literature. That experience really influenced her perspective.\r\n\r\n\u201cI have a perspective on Spanish literature I didn\u2019t have before. It changes you.\u201d\r\n\r\nWhen released, the book will be appropriate for university Spanish and Latin American literature courses as well as AP Spanish students in high school.\r\n\r\nCurrently the book is receiving support from the Rebus Community to create a replicable assignment that will allow Ward\u2019s peers at other universities to do similar projects in their classes to expand the text (view the assignment<\/a>); to find Spanish speakers to edit and proofread the book; and to enlist faculty to beta-test the book in their courses and provide feedback to Ward on improvements and revisions.\r\n\r\nTo join the project, go to http:\/\/bit.ly\/openAALH.<\/a>[footnote]\"Project Summary: Guide to Making Open Textbooks With Students,\" Rebus Community Forum,\u00a0<\/em>http:\/\/bit.ly\/openAALH\u00a0[\/footnote]<\/a>\r\n
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