Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Prerequisite: One of HISP-S 324, HISP-S 328, HISP-S 331, HISP-S 333, or HISP-S 334

This service-learning course will explore the relationship between historical memory and culture in Spain with a special focus on the interaction between regional, national, and global cultures.  Taking key early modern historical periods, the Reconquista (of Muslim Iberia) and the Conquest (of America), as focal points, we will examine how foundational narratives have been created, and revised over centuries, to define Spain—often for political ends.  Our particular emphasis will be on the dynamic rewriting of socio-historical processes in contemporary Spain (ca. 1980 – 2020) and we will analyze a variety of cultural sources, including texts (from literature, politics, and education), art (painting, film, and theatre), and popular culture (festivals, sports, and food).

To understand more deeply how culture is transmitted through language and experience, we will pair our academic work with experiential, service learning.  During part of the semester, students will work together and present elements of Spanish culture to school children at community sites in Bloomington.  This guided experience offers students the opportunity to practice what we are learning by sharing it off-campus one day a week (for eight weeks) and then integrate that service-learning experience with course content through a series of reflective writings.  This course will be conducted entirely in Spanish.

HISP-S 411   #12229     9:35A-11:00A     TR     SY 0009      Prof. Kathleen Myers

Note: Above class is a Service-Learning Course.  The service-learning component takes place during our regular class meeting time on T/R 9:35A-11:00A.
Note: Class meets with HISP-S 498 #12230

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