Attention to Cervantes' humor and irony as well as his ideas on religion, justice, love, language, and artistic creation. HASS-D Introduces students to a variety of fictional works by contemporary women writers. The subject's international perspective emphasizes the extent to which each author's work reflects her distinct cultural heritage and to what extent, if any, we can identify a female voice that transcends national boundaries. A variety of interpretive perspectives, including sociohistorical, psychoanalytic, and feminist criticism will be used to examine the texts. Examines the representation of sexual roles in fiction.
Studies works by European and Latin American authors in their cultural and historical contexts.
Themes emphasized include bourgeois women, women rebels, and redefinition of sex roles. Students trace development of diverse Hispanic cultures both in Spain and the Americas, through a thematic focus on honor codes, gender construction, class and caste hierarchies, and the historically-based problem of artistic representation. Conducted in English. The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love , and Richard Rodriguez's Hunger of Memory . Conducted in English.