SPA 208 INTRO LITERARY/CUL ANALYSIS

An introduction to the methods and theories used in upper-division analyses of literary and cultural representations. Skills in writing research papers in Spanish are also developed. Readings include a selection of texts by representative Hispanic authors in five genres: poetry, short story, novel, drama, and essay. Basic theoretical concepts and strategies of analysis are also applied to such texts as testimony, myth, journalism, painting, advertising, film, song lyrics, and chronicles.