Welcome to SPAN264!

Contemporary Spanish Literature in Translation (SPAN264) will examine, in English, major Spanish authors, literary periods and artistic trends through narrative, poetic, dramatic and visual filmic cultural artifacts produced from 1936-1940 to the present day while learning about the historical, political and cultural contexts that surround them.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: 

  1. Analyze and formally interpret the assigned texts, visual and filmic artifacts. 
  2. Examine and reflect critically upon the cultural values and ideas conveyed by them.
  3. Become familiar with basic cultural, social and political aspects of contemporary Spanish history. 
  4. Demonstrate knowledge of the themes, problems and ideas that appear in the texts.
  5. Learn some key concepts, including literary and rhetorical terminology, for the analysis of contemporary literature and cultural production.

This course is designed as an Open Access (OA), Zero Textbook Course (ZTC) thanks to the support of the Mina Rees Library and the Open Pedagogy Fellowship (Spring 2021)

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