Faculty Name

Gerardo Chavana

Document Type

Syllabi

School

CLA

Department

MODL

Course Subject

SPAN

Course Number

5980

Course Section

02

Course Title

Topics: Human Rights Latn Thtr

Academic Term and Year

Fall 2015

Credits

4.00

Hamline Plan Letter

D, W

Area of Study

SPAN

Course Description

This course provides an introduction to the Latin-American one-act play and Human Rights activism within theater groups in Latin America. The students will analyze a sample of one-act plays by contemporary Latin-American playwrights concerned with the protection of human rights for children, women and the protection of the ecosystem. The student will become familiar with the Spanish used in creating dialogue, character and plot development. In addition, the student will analyze each dramatic work’s political and social contexts in terms of preventing and exposing human right violations. As part of the assignment (reading and writing activities), the student will write a short play around a social and/or political issue related to the Spanish-speaking world. By the end of the course, the student will have basic knowledge of play writing, well-known Latin-American playwrights, some significant theater groups, and the impact these groups had on Latin-American theater development and human rights movements.

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