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Fall 2019  |  SPAN 3512 Section 001: Modern Latin America (17186)

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
 
09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019
Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 108
Enrollment Status:
Open (24 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Impact of various forms of modernization on cultural production in Latin American racial, ethnic, class relations, institutional, and ideological structures. prereq: SPAN 3104W or SPAN 3104V or TLDO 3104W or ARGN 3104W or SPAN 3105W or TLDO 3105W or SPAN 3105V or VENZ 3512 or instr consent
Class Notes:
If you cannot register please put your name on the waitlist. The Department requires students meet the prerequisites required of the course which is Span 3015W AND either Span 3104W or SPAN 3105W.
Class Description:
Impact neoliberal policies on symbolic production related to racial, ethnic, institutional and isedological structures.
Grading:
50% Reports/Papers
30% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation
Exam Format:
Essay
Class Format:
50% Lecture
30% Discussion
20% Other Style Oral reports by students
Workload:
50 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
6 Paper(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17186/1199
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Fall 2019  |  SPAN 3512 Section 002: Modern Latin America (33435)

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
 
09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019
Tue, Thu 04:00PM - 05:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 120
Enrollment Status:
Open (23 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Impact of various forms of modernization on cultural production in Latin American racial, ethnic, class relations, institutional, and ideological structures. prereq: SPAN 3104W or SPAN 3104V or TLDO 3104W or ARGN 3104W or SPAN 3105W or TLDO 3105W or SPAN 3105V or VENZ 3512 or instr consent
Class Description:
Span 3512 is a survey of the major discourses of modernity that helped to shape Latin America from the wars of independence to the 1970s. We will examine the idea of modernity through its evolution during this period through primary and secondary literary texts and film, as well as through supporting critical and historical readings. Our readings and course materials will focus on the following historical/discursive phenomena: 1. Contradictions of Modernity: The Enlightenment and the Idea of Latin America 2. Contradictions of Modernity: Capitalism and Slavery 3. Pampa and Progress 4. Cronica and modernismo 5. Democratization of Culture: Mexican Revolution, Rumba, Bolero 6. Anti-Imperialism Course requirements include written, take-home midterm exam, oral final exam, final essay of 8-10 pages, and an in-class presentation or course guide.
Grading:
50% Reports/Papers
30% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation
Exam Format:
Essay
Class Format:
30% Lecture
30% Discussion
30% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations
Workload:
60 Pages Reading Per Week
10+ Pages Writing Per Term
2+ Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
Other Workload: tentative and subject to change
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33435/1199
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
13 November 2012

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