Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: CIVILIZATION AND BARBARISM

Department: Spanish

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Since the Conquest, Latin America has been viewed by the European imagination as an "empty" continent, lacking in culture and history. This image of a "savage" continent has been interiorized by Latin America's own intellectuals. This course examines and deconstructs various manifestations of these ideological representations of Latin America. Recommended prerequisite(s): Advanced Spanish or permission of instructor.