LALS 227 - Colonial Latin America

Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)

(Same as HISP 227) Studies in Latin American literary and cultural production from the European invasion to the crisis of the colonial system.

Topic for 2019/20b: Screening the Past: Filmic Adaptations of Latin American Colonial Society. This course considers how the Latin American, European and American film industries have imagined, represented, and revised crucial moments and issues from Latin America’s colonial past with a special focus on the contemporary agendas of the filmmakers in their depiction of colonial society, culture, and politics. We study the many original colonial texts and sources which inspired these films and examine the cinematic techniques for the adaptation and revision of colonial perspectives, beliefs, and practices which seek to make them accessible and meaningful to contemporary audiences. Michael Aronna.

Two 75-minute periods.