Course Description
Explore, debate, and research literature, media, and art from the Spanish-speaking world while building fluency in the Spanish language.
Athena Title
Texts in Global Contexts
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in SPAN 3030E, SPAN 3030H
Prerequisite
(SPAN 3010 or SPAN 3010H or SPAN 3011 or SPAN 3011S) and (SPAN 3020 or SPAN 3020H)
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students will analyze, understand and critically evaluate literary texts in relation to their cultural, social, and historical contexts.
- Students will assess literary value, quality and impact.
- Students will recognize literary movements and aesthetics, identifying their main characteristics and ideological backgrounds.
- Students will produce effective argumentative writing in the target language.
- Students will participate in debates, discussions and presentations on literary texts and topics in the target language.
- Students will build and share knowledge collaboratively.
Topical Outline
- Differences between literature and literary art.
- Differences between non-fictional and fictional literature.
- Terminology associated with the analysis of literature as an
art form.
- Characteristics of poetry in general, its different forms,
determining meter and rhyme scheme, and methods of analysis.
- Characteristics of drama and methods of analysis.
- Characteristics of the novel and methods of analysis.
- Characteristics of the essay and methods of analysis.
- Characteristics of the short story and methods of analysis.
Syllabus
