SPN 4570 IMAGE AND LITERATURE IN LATIN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS AND CIVIL WARS
The main aim of this course is to develop an advanced literary analysis in Spanish and strengthen students’ communicative skills to analyze images that represent Latin American history. In the course, students will approach the representation of several revolutions, civil wars, and other social conflicts in Latin America in the 20th and 21st centuries by considering fictional and non-fictional narratives along with images in multiples formats (painting, film, photography). Among other historical events, students will learn about the Cuban Revolution, the Central American Civil Wars, the Southern Cone dictatorship, and contemporary migrations. Through those events, the class will approach contemporary discussions and explore how violence has defined the continent’s history. Students will develop analytical tools to offer original interpretations of visual and literary texts and further reinforce their critical thinking about Latin American history through its social issues and political conflicts. Furthermore, students will develop intercultural competence by learning about the roles that different identities and cultures have played in crucial historical moments of Latin America.
Prerequisite
Take 2 courses from 3500-3999 level
Course Types
Civilization, Literature
Notes
Course Outcomes
- 1. Students will achieve advanced communicative competency in the target language (advanced-mid in reading and writing, advanced-low in speaking and listening)
- 2. Students will achieve advanced intercultural competency. (Students will demonstrate a nuanced understanding of the complexity of another culture’s history, politics, communication styles, economy, beliefs and practices. Students can articulate insights into their own cultural rules, judgments and biases learned through their interactions with culturally different others.)
- 3. Students will become critical, analytical thinkers and problem solvers in the target language (by conducting in-depth research in the target language, following field-appropriate disciplinary standards, critically considering the issue being researched, using credible and relevant sources to develop a sophisticated analysis).