Course Catalog - 2006-2007

     

SPAN 389 - LATIN AMERICAN TESTIMONIO

Long Title: LATIN AMERICAN TESTIMONIO
Department: Spanish
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: Explores a diverse range of literary and cultural forms in which minority or subaltern groups use autobiographical story-telling in order to express a communal identity. Examines how testimonial literature gives a voice to groups that heve been silenced by the dominant culture. Recommended Prerequisite(s): Third-year Spanish or permission of the instructor.