SPAN 335 Survey of Latin American Literature 3 Credits F, S Representative Latin American authors from the discovery of the Americas through the twentieth century. Social and historical background is included. Topics 3 Credits F,I,S Devoted to a subject chosen from the corpus of Hispanic language, civilization, and literature. Possible topics include Golden Age drama, Alfonso Sastre, phonetics, music in Latin America. A student is allowed to take the course more than once, provided different topics are covered.
Emphasis is on the life, customs, and character of the people today.
Given in Spanish. Credits S Spanish masterpieces dating from the epic, El Cid , through the works of Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Calderon, and others. The modern short story and novel in Latin America. Social and historical background is included. The principal peninsular writers of Romanticism and Realism and the society in which they lived.