Faculty Name

Peter Morales

Document Type

Syllabi

School

CLA

Department

MODL

Course Subject

SPAN

Course Number

5800

Course Section

01

Course Title

Latin Amer. Novel/Short Story

Academic Term and Year

Spring 2016

Credits

4.00

Hamline Plan Letter

D

Area of Study

LSTD, SPAN

Course Description

Goals: To expose the student to the development from realism to magical realism in Latin American novels and short stories, to analyze the importance of the historical reality of the Mexican Revolution in literature, and to examine machismo and hembrismo in the culture and how they are reflected in literature. Content: Through literature, students move north with the troops of Pancho Villa (Los de abajo), experience life in a macho-dominated pueblo where the dead speak (Pedro Paramo), examine choices that made a revolutionary into a politically powerful cacique in our modern world (La muerte de Artemio Cruz), observe the gender specific "painted woman" and "suffering mother" in relation to the macho male, and understand the impact that Mexican attitudes and customs have had on the United States. Taught: Alternate years. Recommended prerequisite: SPAN 3900 or 3910, or equivalent. All coursework done in Spanish. Credits: 4

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