Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2024-2025
SPAN 451 - WITNESSING, TRUTH & TRAUMA
Long Title: WITNESSING, TRUTH & TRAUMA: TESTIMONIAL WRITING IN MEXICO & CENTRAL AMERICA
Department: Modrn & Classicl Lit & Culture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction:Taught in Spanish
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Description: This seminar provides an exploration of testimonial writing, a crucial and controversial Latin American genre that aims at giving voice to those marginalized within society. Looking at testimonials by indigenous militants, poor women, war crime survivors, and insurgents the course explores the meaning of truth and fiction, historical reckoning, and trauma. Taught in Spanish. Previously offered as SPPO 452. Mutually exclusive. Credit cannot be earned for SPAN 451 if student has previously taken SPPO 452.