2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Nov 21, 2024

2024-2025 Academic Catalog

SPAN 131 - Social Change in Hispanic Literature

In this course we will be studying protest songs, theater plays, and poems by influential writers and musicians in Spain and Latin American in the 20th and 21st century. We will feature artists from Spain, Chile, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. Topics include the relationship between music and poetry, theater and concerts as tools for raising awareness about social justice, artists as activists for social change, identity and self representation, symbols and images, autobiographical writings, representations of violence and the body, and depictions of hope, peace, and a better future. Readings by Pablo Neruda, Joan Manuel Serrat, Nicolás Guillén, Violeta Parra, Julia de Burgos, Paloma Pedrero, Diana de Paco Serrano, and Federico García Lorca, among others.¨Native speakers of Spanish are welcomed.

Prerequisites: SPAN 127 or Native Speakers or PERM. Required for majors.

Course Designation/Attribute: DI, LP

Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every semester

Placement Guidelines
Please visit the Department of Language, Literature and Culture for the language placement guidelines.