2021-2022 Undergraduate Bulletin

SPA 336 Themes of Justice in Latin American Lit & Film (Taught in Spanish)

3 hours 

How do post-authoritarian and post-dictatorial regimes deal with legacies of violence and human rights abuses? How do they address the demands for justice that arise after systematic mass atrocities? Should we remember or forget past atrocities? This course seeks to answer these questions as they apply to Latin American societies by exploring these themes―along with issues of gender, race, ethnicity, and class―in literature, film, various other texts, and elements of popular culture such as the construction of memorials and public spaces. This course is taught in Spanish.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENG 201; junior standing or above; SPA 202 or SPA 212 or placement exam

Notes

This course satisfies the College Option: Justice in Global Perspective area of the Gen Ed Program