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Catalogue 2013-2014 
    
Catalogue 2013-2014 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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HISP 206 - Reading and Writing about Hispanic Culture

Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
1 unit(s)


Reading, writing and speaking skills are developed through study of cultural and literary texts and audiovisual materials.

Topic for 2013/14a: Contemporary Popular Culture and Social Movements in Latin America. This semester we will explore some of the most salient social practices framing Latin America popular politics and culture: the irruption of the struggles of Latin American First Peoples, Women’s movements, LGBT Rights, as well as the progressive responses to the global crisis of neoliberal politics (Venezuela’s Revolución Bolivariana and Bolivia’s Plurinational State being cases in point). The course will look at and interrogate some of the cultural artifacts through which these movements construct their sense of identity and deploy their politics strategically in the political struggles that constitute them.

Topic for 2013/2014b: Latin America: Past and Present. This course is an introduction to Latin American history and culture while it develops reading, writing and speaking skills in Spanish. Through the study of cultural and literary texts (short stories, poetry and essays) and audiovisual material (music, fine arts and films) we cover the main Latin American historical periods and also discuss the Hispanic presence of the United States. Some of the texts studied are: Popol Vuh, Nicolás Echevarría’s Cabeza de Vaca, María Luisa Bemberg’s Yo la peor de todas and Camila, the murals of Diego Rivera, Nicolás Guillén’s afro-Cuban poetry, Violeta Parra’s protest song, Luisa Valenzuela’s Cambio de armas and Luis Valdes’s Zoot Suit. Mr. Cesareo (a), Mr. Grunfeld (b).

Prerequisite(s): HISP 205  or four years of high school Spanish.

Two 75-minute periods, plus one hour of oral practice.



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