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This course studies the way in which Latin American and US Latina literatures have constructed and complicated notions of ethnic and/or national identity through narratives of travel or border experiences.

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This seminar provides a forum in which candidates are called to reflect on and discuss issues related to their student teaching experiences. More importantly, it provides candidates with the support they need to tackle the various required components of the teaching portfolio in Tk20.

Intensive study of the Quijote.

This course offers extensive practice of literary translation with readings of key texts by translators of Iberian and Latin American literatures. Students will work on a semester-long project of their choice that is a translation involving any language combination of Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, and English. As students become familiar with the varying views of translation, they will develop their ability to talk and write about translators' strategies and choices, and recognize translation as a scholarly activity.

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This course serves as a dialog between the writers of the twenty-first century and their predecessors of the twentieth century that were "written out" of the literary canon. Students will use the historical context and the biography of various authors (interviews, letters, and documentaries) to understand why women and LGBTQIA+ writers have been overshadowed or silenced. This course will feature short stories and novels which help us to explore what today has been called the new feminine Boom or the tsunami of women writers.

This course offers a critical view of regional and social varieties of Spanish language spoken in Spain and Latin America, with specific emphasis on situations of language contact and multilingualism affecting Spanish in those areas. We will pay close attention to varieties that are not considered standard or prestigious among Spanish speakers, and how this consideration affects people's lives and self-esteem. (Gen. Ed. SB, DG)

This course examines the mapping of race, gender, and sexuality onto Latinx bodies in popular culture. Working chronologically from the early 20th century to the present, we will examine popular depictions of Latinx people in television, film, music, and print culture. In particular, we will analyze how moral panic has been historically displaced onto Latinx bodies - from Carmen Miranda to Alicia Machado. We will also consider Latinx bodies as agents of resistance to normative discourses, such as those of purity, cleanliness, and religiosity.