Fall 2017  |  SPAN 3221 Section 001: Interpreting Colonial Latin America: Empire and Early Modernity (16677)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 116
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Conquest, colonization, and forms of resistance in Latin America. prereq: 3015, [3104W or TLDO 3104 or VENZ 3104 or instr consent]
Class Notes:
The Department requires students meet the prerequisites required of the course which is Span 3015W AND Span 3104W.
Class Description:
The goal of this course is to provide the student with a firm foundation in the socio-historic context of the Colonial Period including the central preoccupations of the time, a knowledge of the terms in which these concerns were addressed (and by whom), and an idea of the major scholarly debates today regarding Colonial writings in Latin America. To this end, we will explore Latin American texts (in the broadest sense), discourses, and important figures from pre-contact, ?discovery,? conquest, and the Baroque ? leading to Independence - with an emphasis on the context of New Spain (today's Mexico). These discussions will be organized around texts such as Indigenous codices; the letters of Christopher Columbus and Hernan Cortes; the encyclopedic works of Bernardino de Sahagun; the controversial writings of Bartolome de las Casas; poetry and other writings by the 10th muse, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, and the criollo posturing of the savant Carlos de Siguenza y Gongora. Additionally, we will discuss the iconic figures of La Malinche and La Virgen de Guadalupe. Some of the concepts / issues to be addressed in the analysis of these texts are: Physical and Epistemological Violence, Divergent Agendas and Interpretations, Resistance and Adaptations, and Silences and Excesses. All writing assignments and class lecture/discussion are in Spanish.
Grading:
20% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
30% Journal
10% In-class Presentations
30% Class Participation Other Grading Information: Participation 30%, Intellectual Journal 30%, Oral Presentations/Discussion Leader 10%, Bibliographic Research Project 10%, Final Research Paper 20%
Class Format:
20% Lecture
80% Discussion
Workload:
50-60 Pages Reading Per Week
1 Paper(s)
3 Presentation(s)
2 Special Project(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16677/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
15 June 2012

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