2023-2024 Undergraduate Bulletin

LIT 267 Latinx Horror and Gothic in Literature and Film

3 hours

From Latin American myths (La Llorona, El Cuco, among others) to modern-day explorations of monstrosity in the United States, we will study how gothic and horror in Latinx literature and film serve as social commentary on racial and gender oppressions, phobias about sexuality and nationality, and debates about migration.  Students will examine how Latinx authors and filmmakers expose – through nightmare, terror, and hauntings – the repressed urges that lurk within our culture and politics.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENG 101

Notes

This course satisfies the Flexible Core: Individual and Society area of the Gen Ed Program.