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 Department of Languages and Cultures
SPANISH PROGRAMME
SEMESTER 1, 2016
Course Syllabus
SPAN 243: Latin American Culture and Literature (18 Points)
Paper Description
This course focuses on the development of Latin America’s cultural identity out of its
Indigenous, African and European roots. The primary objective of this paper is to give
students an insight into the cultural and social evolution of Latin America, seeking to
explain the race relations, music, ideas and political movements that helped to shape
its cultural landscape.
Course objectives
To promote an understanding of the richness and complexity of Latin American
culture.
To develop an appreciation for Latin America’s social practices and cultural products.
To encourage students to examine a selection of cultural manifestations within
broad intellectual and/or historical contexts.
Teaching Staff
Paper Coordinator
Name:
Dr Adelso Yánez
Office:
3N1 479 5995
Email:
[email protected]
Course Learning Resources:
Yánez Leal, Adelso L. Relaciones de poder en la Literatura Latinoamericana:
Muerte, Sexualidad, Racismo y Violencia. Buenos Aires. Biblos, 2014.
Gallegos, Rómulo. Pobre negro. Bogotá: Oveja Negra 1985.
Sánchez, Ramón. Cumboto. Barcelona. Círculo de Lectores c1969.
Rodríguez Juliá, Edgardo. El entierro de Cortijo. Río Piedras, P.R. Huracán 1983.
Martinez, Tomás. Santa Evita. Buenos Aires: Planeta c1995.
Guedea, Rogelio. Conducir un tráiler. México : Mondadori 2008.
Assessment:
All material presented is examinable (except where stated otherwise) by assignments
and the final examination. All important assessment information such as due dates
and times, content, guidelines and so on will be discussed at lectures and, where
appropriate, detailed on Blackboard. Students are responsible for ensuring that they
are aware of this information, keeping track of their own progress, and catching up
on any missed classes.
1 Assessment
(1) Reading control
% of Final Grade
16%
(2) Reading control
(4) Mid-Term Exam
(5) Reading control
(6) Oral Presentations
(7) Final Essay 1600
Words
30%
8%
12% about 10 minutes
34%
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