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European conquest. In addition, students investigate the cultures and
worldviews of the Spanish and Portuguese in the century prior to their arrival in
the Americas. Students confront foundational issues concerning religion, race,
class, and gender during the imperial heyday of the Spanish and Portuguese
empires. We also trace Latin America’s colonial past through music, film, and
poetry as well as through traditional literary and historical sources. Students
sharpen their skills in reading, critical thinking, academic writing, and oral
presentations. Students also complete a final project that involves
interdisciplinary research, analysis, and presentation.
EN432 Latin America II: Revolution, Independence, and More Revolution
One trimester
Credit: One unit core English credit, one unit core elective credit.
Prerequisite: Completion of three trimesters of AS303 Writing and American
Studies or AS305 American Studies or completion of two trimesters of AS303 or
AS305 and permission of the Dean of Humanities.
Meeting pattern: Four periods per week including lab.
This double-credit, interdisciplinary, team-taught course is a survey of Latin
America from the wars of independence beginning in 1824 through the
struggles of most countries in Latin America to develop strong, autonomous,
national identities through the mid-twentieth century. Students examine how
the experience of political independence differed from country to country in
Latin America, what crises emerged in the nineteenth century as political and
economic turmoil took its toll, and how Latin Americans coped with these
changing circumstances and developed new perspectives on their culture and
society and their place in the world. Students also explore the effects of the
World Wars and Cold War on the emerging politics of Latin American countries.
Sources include music, film, and poetry as well as traditional literary and
historical sources. At least one novel or extensive work of classic Latin American
literature is studied. Students also complete a final project that involves
interdisciplinary research, analysis, and presentation.
EN434 Latin America III: Critical Issues in Modern Latin America
One trimester
Credit: One unit core English credit, one unit core elective credit.
Prerequisite: Completion of three trimesters of AS303 Writing and American
Studies or AS305 American Studies or completion of two trimesters of AS303 or
AS305 and permission of the Dean of Humanities.
Meeting pattern: Four periods per week including lab.
This double-credit, interdisciplinary, team-taught course examines modern-day
Latin America with a special emphasis on its long, complex relationship with the
U.S. Although the time span of the course is largely focused on the aftermath of
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