This course will introduce students to various forms of Indigenous textualities and the connections between them. Commonly, Indigenous literatures are often placed in binaries and in a western chronological timeline, from oral to written and from traditional to modern. Students will read poetry, oral stories, newspapers, zines, and textiles amongst other forms to expand understandings of Indigenous literatures. While the themes will vary, they will include identity, history, and politics. Course will be taught in English and readings will be provided in English, Spanish, and...

This course explores code-switching as a multifaceted linguistic and cultural practice. Although there are a myriad of approaches to code-switching—examining syntax, morphology, phonology, semantics, pragmatics, or sociolinguistic patterns—this seminar spotlights how these perspectives can be applied to the analysis of culturally embedded data, which refers to linguistic data that is influenced by the cultural norms, identities, values, and social practices of the community from which it originates. We will consider how code-switching operates across domains and genres, from media and...

In this course, we will explore the construction of the image of Spain for foreign consumption from the turn of the twentieth Century to the present. We will analyze the presence of Spain beyond its borders, including aspects such as military and economic colonialism, migration, tourism, sports, arts, food, fashion, and language. We will study a wide array of documents (films, literary texts, articles, commercials, visual culture, etc) from the perspective of postcolonial theory and cultural studies. Taught in Spanish.Prerequisites: SPAN 228MWF 12:00-12:50pm; 1064...

Castilian is the official national language of Spain. However, the Constitution recognizes other co-official languages such as Basque (Euskera), Galician, and Catalan. These languages have a long history and rich literatures and cultures. However, unlike Castilian, Basque, Galician, and Catalan were repressed during long periods of Spain’s history. In this course we will analyze some of Basque, Galician, Catalan literature masterpieces by paying attention to issues of linguistic deterritorialization, politicization, visibility, and cultural translation. Readings will be in Spanish, but texts...

This course will examine how both emigration and immigration have been portrayed in the Spanish literature and in others cultural manifestations since 1900 to the present. In order to analyze the different Spanish migrations, the course will explore the historical, political, social, and economic contexts that caused them. The course will discuss concepts and themes such as immigration and emigration, exile, diaspora, community, and transculturation. Taught in Spanish. Prerequisites: SPAN 228Section X: 9:00-9:50am (MWF); 1030 LCLB CRN 53119...