- Instructor
- Deborah Cohn
- Location
- BH 331
- Days and Times
- TR 11:30A - 12:45P
- Course Description
Prerequisite: HISP-S 328 or equivalent.
This course will explore key trends and texts in twentieth- and twenty-first century Mexican literature and cultural production. Topics include representations of the Mexican Revolution and critiques of its failure; debates over Mexican identity; changing conceptions of gender and sexuality; countercultural and student movements of the 1960s; depictions of a Mexico City ravished by plagues and human-wrought violence; questions of power and political control, and the globalization of Mexican culture, among others. We will read and analyze fiction, films, graphic novels, essays, poems, murals, criticism, and more. Daily reading assignments, attendance, active participation, and frequent study questions are required, as well as other assignments (papers, midterm exam, etc.). The course will be conducted entirely in Spanish.
This course carries CASE A&H credit.
HISP-S #32056 11:30A - 12:45P TR BH 331 Prof. Deborah Cohn
Note: This class meets with HISP-S 498 #32204.
Mapping Mexico
