SPAN 321
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Migration Narratives
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Course Description
This course explores the human experience of migration, exile, and/or diaspora by offering an overview of some of the more significant migration processes within the Spanish-speaking world, and by exploring the social, political, historical, economic and intellectual implications of those processes. The class consists of close readings of literary works in several genres, including poetry, plays, short stories and essays, and the screening of several films. It also includes readings on cultural aspects of and theoretical approaches to this phenomenon. Readings and visual texts are in Spanish and/or English, and all discussion and testing is in Spanish.
Course Typically Offered
Offered occasionally.
Career
Undergraduate
Catalog Course Attributes
CO24 - ARTHUM (Artistic and Humanistic), CO24 - LANG (Language), INTD - AFAM (African American Studies AFAM), INTD - HUM-RACETH (Intd Humanities-Race IHE), INTD - LAS (Latin American Studies LAS), INTD - LS (Latina/o Studies Minor LS), INTD - SP-LCL (Span-Language, Cltr, Lit SPAN), INTD - SP-LTS (Span-Latina/o Study Major SPAN), INTD - SPAN-HISP (Span-Hisp Int'l Std Major SPAN), INTD - SPAN-MN (Spanish-Minor SPAN), LANG - SPAN (Taught in Spanish)
Min Units
1
Max Units
1
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Lecture
Optional Component
No
Final Exam Type
Yes