The course provides an introduction and an overview of the different issues that concern the Chicano and U.S. Latino populations. Through readings, discussions, films, presentations and other activities, we will learn about the various different groups that comprise this significant part of the U.S. popular. Students will read and discuss texts produced by Chicano and U.S. Latino Writers. The reading of literary works will be complemented by the historical, socio-cultural and political context in which these texts are produced. Through literary texts, movies and documentaries , and other forms of art, we will explore the intricacies of living between cultures. Class discussions and readings will also offer students a critical perspective on the diversity of American society and culture.
This course examines topics in Hispanic Cinema, starting from early twentieth-century images, through cinema's Golden Age to the internationally produced twenty-first century films, designed for global consumption. With an eye toward understanding basic cinematographic technique and terminology, narrative structure, major cinematic movements, and salient sociocultural themes, students will view and analyze films representing Span, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Cuba, and Peru. The viewing of films will be accompanied by study of critical texts on cinema theory, the history of Hispanic Cinema, and scholarly articles on the films. Topics covered include nationalism and the individual; history and memory; urban and rural life; women, gender, and society, machismo and identity; non-traditional relationships and the family; religious identity; race relations and ethnicity; indigenism in cinema, human rights, land and labor rights.
This course provides an in-depth study of a particular area of Hispanic Linguistics. Topics may vary with each offering and may include History of the Spanish Language, Spanish Pragmatics, and Spanish in the U.S. Credit may be earned more than once under this number for different emphases.
The subject matter of these courses will vary from year to year, but will not duplicate existing courses. Descriptions of these courses are available in Classfinder, View Searchable Class Schedule