Department of Spanish and Portuguese

VT: Narratives of Youth in Latin America
Note: Graduate students only.

In this course, we will look at portrayals of kids and teens in films, novels and short stories, home movies, and comics. In addition, while considering the notion of youth as a market, we will examine media intended for kids (children’s literature and videogames) with the possibility of social media being a media by kids. The texts that we will examine emerge from different Latin American contexts. Among the topics we will consider in relation to kids are: political transitions; wars and memories; Mafalda; climate change; the genre of the road movie; migrations; genders; and neoliberalism. Students will write a final paper in stages and, on occasion, collaborate with a classmate to direct discussions.     

HISP-S 678     #29792       11:10A-12:25P     TR        AC C 103     Prof. Jonathan Risner