New Courses for Spring 2008
Spanish 136a - Latino Cultural Expressions: Literature, Performance, and Film (in English)
The course is an introduction to Latino creative expression in various genres. Themes include the relationship between gender and sexuality with race and ethnicity, class, language, migration, sexual citizenship, and religious "transgressions."
Tuesday, Friday 12:10-1:30
Ms. Negron
Spanish 160a - Literature y Justicia en Latinoamerica (in Spanish)
The course examines how alternative meanings of justice have been formulated and understood within Latin America's social and cultural conflicts. Topics include the intersection of literary and political-legal discourses, the presence and impact of legal concepts in literature, and the problematic way that literature has dealt with concepts such as right, adjudication, and jurisdiction
Tuesday, Friday 1:40-3:00
Mr. Rosenberg