Spanish 246 - TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN LIT

Topics course. This course will explore different manifestations of African cultural influences in theater in Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Colombia and Uruguay. The course will address the historical development of the region as well as the presence of the slave trade in order to understand contemporary texts. The course will include ritual, religious and social themes, including discrimination, racial glorification, performances in festivities and funeral rites. Central to this course is the hostile world that Afro-Latin Americans confront to this day, and the strategies they have used not only to survive but also to create a rich and unique cultural heritage. Additionally, this course will address transculturation as conceived by Cuban intellectual Fernando Ortiz. Prerequisite: SPN 220 or above.

Topic: Afro-Latin American Theater.