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Fall 2019
Apr 23,2024
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SPAN 395 - TOPICS IN CONTEMPORARY HISPANIC LITERATURE AND FILM
This course will examine topics of the Hispanic Culture through their representation in literature and contemporary cinema. The course is based on a comparative approach and it is divided into two different parts. In the first part, students will analyze the treatment of a narrative as practiced in both literary texts and films. They will pay special attention to how the specific devices of a literary text can be translated in the cinematographic adaptation of that text. In the second part of the course, the students will explore the treatment of a specific topic through different cinematographic forms. They will examine perspectives on the same historical event as they are represented both in documentaries and films. As the course is taught in Spanish, the students will also be developing their reading, writing, listening and speaking skills in this language. ln the first part of the course, the contemporary films we examine, comparatively, will be drawn from adaptations of Golden Age Spanish dramas as well as contemporary Spanish and Latin American texts. In the second part of the course, major historical events from Spain and Latin America will be discussed in relation to documentaries and films that present the event from different points of view.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours
0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours

Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Hybrid, Lecture, Lecture/Online, Online Course

Spanish Department

Course Attributes:
Gen Ed 2018, Gen Ed 18-Culture & Creativity

Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels:     
      Undergraduate

Prerequisites:
FOR SPAN 395

General Requirements:
Course or Test: SPAN 202
Minimum Grade of D
May not be taken concurrently.  )
or
STAMP Spanish Final Score 5 to 6
May not be taken concurrently.  )
or
STAMP 2 Spanish Final Score 6 to 8
May not be taken concurrently. )


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