2023 Fall SPANISH 135 001 LEC 001

2023 Fall

SPANISH 135 001 - LEC 001

Studies in Hispanic Literature

Islands & Literature in Latin America and the Caribbean

Daylet Dominguez

Aug 23, 2023 - Dec 08, 2023
Mo, We, Fr
02:00 pm - 02:59 pm
Class #:22921
Units:4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Spanish and Portuguese

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 6
Enrolled: 24
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 30
Waitlist Max: 5
No Reserved Seats

Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials, and 9 hours of outside work hours.

Final Exam

THU, DECEMBER 14TH
03:00 pm - 06:00 pm
Dwinelle 243

Other classes by Daylet Dominguez

Course Catalog Description

This course examines a topic not covered by the Department’s regular course offerings, such as close examination of a single work, a particular theme, a type of literature, or other similar topic. Focus varies from term to term and the course may be repeated for credit.

Class Description

How have islands been depicted in literature, historical narratives, film, and popular culture? How have empires, from the Spanish conquest to Guantánamo, reinvented the Caribbean islands as tropical paradises or as real prisons? This course will focus on islands in modern Latin American and Caribbean fiction, poetry, and historical accounts. We consider the ways in which utopian ideals, colonialism, piracy, nationhood, revolution, militarization, and tourism have shaped collective memory in the “sugar islands.” Works by Cristóbal Colón, Bartolomé de Las Casas, Gabriela Mistral, Luis Palés Matos, María Zambrano, Antonio S. Pedreira, José Lezama Lima, Guillermo Cabrera-Infante, Antonio Benítez Rojo, Edouard Glissant, among others.

Class Notes

Spanish 25 is a prerequisite for this course.

Rules & Requirements

Repeat Rules

Requirements class fulfills

Meets Arts & Literature, L&S Breadth
Meets International Studies, L&S Breadth
Meets the Culture and Globalization Course Thread

Reserved Seats

Current Enrollment

No Reserved Seats

Textbooks & Materials

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