Fall 2017  |  SPAN 5560 Section 001: Global Colonial Studies in the Hispanic World (36066)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Topics Course
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Tue 11:15AM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 119
Course Catalog Description:
Discourse production in Spanish America between 1492 and 1700. Conquest/colonial writing/counter writing. Historical origin, evolution, impact of cultural, political, socioeconomic factors. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
Class Description:
Using an interdisciplinary approach to achieve a better understanding of this multidimensional social conflict, the course examines the role of colonial discourse as producer of the epistemic colonial difference, and explores the legacies of colonialism. Students will be expected to focus on and to think about the organizational mechanisms through which aural and visual practices mediate reality in Colonial Latin America. Students will learn to be critical readers by considering how cultural texts may be historically determined and by exploring how individuals may shape a particular cultural theme in a variety of manners. It will focus on critical readings and discussion of cultural artifacts, texts and documents of Colonial Latin America, including material pertaining to the aural and visual production of the period, European and indigenous accounts of the conquest, as well as indigenous, African, criollo, mestizo and women writings during the colony. Concentration will center on the textual strategies, topics, world views, motivations, projects and expectations explicit or implicit in the texts, their significance at the time, and their importance for understanding the formation of what we know as Latin America today.The course also is devoted to the conquest of Latin America by analyzing the role of colonial discourse and the legacies of colonialism in the region.Students will deal with different theoretical approaches deriving from the humanities and the social sciences.
Class Format:
All coursework, with the exception of certain supplementary readings, will be in Spanish.
Workload:
Other Workload: Requirements include preparation of assigned readings, presentations, class discussions, and a research project.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/36066/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
16 October 2014

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