SPAN 370 Latin American Cultural Studies I

Students will be exposed to representative events, personalities, films, and literary texts germane to Latin American countries. Emphasis is on the evolution of Latin American cultural identity from the Conquest until 1898. 

Credits

3

Prerequisite

SPAN 202 or permission of instructor

Offered

Fall, odd years

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Gain advanced knowledge of vocabulary and main verb forms, and skills for interpreting and doing close readings of complex texts written in Spanish.
2. Develop oral and written communicative abilities so as to be able to communicate in Spanish about the role hurricanes’ representations have in Latin American and Caribbean literatures and cultures.
3. Identify selected literary, cultural, social, historical, political, and religious topics pertinent to the role hurricanes’ representations have in Latin American and Caribbean literary and cultural production.
4. Reflect and critically think about language, literature, culture, history, social justice, religion, politics, and other aspects of Latin American and Caribbean literatures and cultures by reading and analyzing literary and nonliterary texts of different genres, languages, and time periods.
5. Develop social responsibility through civic knowledge, ethical reasoning, teamwork, and collaboration.