SPAN 1433 - WOMEN'S NARRATIVES IN LATIN AMERICA

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
For centuries in Latin America, women have been expressing their perspectives on important topics in various narrative formats such as essays, short stories, articles, speeches, testimonios and novels. In this course, students will examine representative narratives from two primary stances: first, as a response to the necessity of expression in a cultural context where writing has traditionally been seen as masculine; and second, as a claimed space for expressing the women's condition in their own social and cultural context in Latin America. The course will be organized by topics the authors examine in their works, such as politics, education, reproductive rights, domestic violence, sexuality, religion, violence, trauma, discrimination, health issues, and so on. Works will be chosen to represent various writing styles throughout the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. Representative authors to be discussed will include Clorinda Mato de Turner, Teresa de la Parra, Juana Paula Manso, Antonieta Rivas Mercado, Nahui Olin, Eva Peron, Nela Martinez, Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui, Domitila Barrios de Chungara, Rosario Castellanos, Rosario Ferre, Elena Poniatowska, Sylvia Molloy, and Guadalupe Nettel.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: SPAN 1250
Course Attributes: Undergraduate Research

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