Spanish 373 - LITERARY MOVEMENT SPANISH AMER

Topics course. Enrollment limited to 14. This class will look at how Latin American filmmakers and writers have imagined this region?s place in the post Cold War global configuration since the 1990s. Through the analysis of films such as Maria, Full of Grace (2004) and City of God (2002), as well as recent literary works by authors from various backgrounds, we will explore cultural production as an alternate means of negotiating conflicts related to immigration, drug trafficking, free trade agreements, media and consumer culture, and continuing political instability. Enrollment limited to 14.

Topic: Literature, Film and the Transnational Imagination in Latin America.