Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: Spanish

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: POETRY AND TESTIMONY ***** This course looks at what it means to try to represent unrepresentable experiences such as horror, death, and war. We begin with Rigoberta Menchu's testimony of violence suffered in Guatemala during the 1970s and 80s, and then move on to a selection of theoretical texts and poetic works that explore the nature and limits of testimonial discourse. ***** Prerequisite: Advanced Spanish or permission of the instructor.