SP 405 Topics in Hispanic Literature
This course offers topic-specific approaches to modern Hispanic literature (1499-present) to be read alongside contemporary criticism on these works and their authors and literary movements. In particular, this course focuses on honing your ability to read analytically and express your textual interpretation both orally and in written form. During the semester, we will read both critically and creatively, analyzing the strategies that various authors use to express their ideas, create their literary and filmic worlds, and engage the reader. The course will also situate the selected texts within leading Hispanic literary movements and help you to understand the historical context in which this literature was/is produced. The course aims focus on a specific set of literary texts and historical moments, help you further develop your tools for literary and film analysis, and push you to create more critical, insightful and engaging readings. These are tools that will empower you to be more critical and creative thinkers across the board, whatever your major or interests. Example topics include but are not limited to Medieval Spanish poetry, the Gaucho and Argentine Independence, the Spanish Civil War, Afro-Caribbean Literature and Culture, and Contemporary Latin American graphic novels.
Offered
Odd Year Fall Semester