SPAN 301 Themes in Latin American Literature
SPAN 301 is designed to provide intensive practice in conversation, reading and writing in the Spanish language. This class investigates various social and political themes repeated in Latin American literature and other art forms. Students will additionally study the role these themes play in the history and culture of the Spanish-speaking world. Using the course's content as the subject of academic inquiry, it also develops the four skills of communication in Spanish (reading, writing, speaking, and listening), a special focus will be given to real-time interpersonal and presentational oral production of cohesive paragraphs featuring narration and description in all tenses and on a variety of increasingly abstract and academic contexts. This course roughly targets the ACTFL Advanced-Mid rating. Teaching methodologies may include task-based, project-based, and other experiential learning assignments. Satisfies Diversity Requirement (D-CRES) due to extensive theory and practice in cross-cultural comparison. Taught in Spanish.
Prerequisite
SPAN 202, placement, or special instructor permission.