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School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Department of Spanish & Portuguese

Tourism, Modernization, Environment, & Difference: Imagining Spain & Other in Spanish Cultural Production

SPAN 320 - FALL 2025
Course image of two men in front of a walled bottlecap

This course considers changing notions of travel and its association with processes of   modernization, mass consumption, nation building, and climate change in Spain from the 19th C to the present. It will examine non-fictional texts (e.g. essays,  newspaper articles, travel writing)—alongside a range of cultural production including literature (short stories, graphic novels), visual culture (painting, photography), and film.  

Prerequisite: SPAN 228 or consent of instructor.

T/TH 2:00-3:20; 123 David Kinley Hall

CRN 54645 (Section E) 

Instructor: Anna Torres-Cacoullos

School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Department of Spanish & Portuguese

4080 Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Building

707 S. Mathews Ave. | MC-176

Urbana, IL 61801

Phone: (217) 333-3390 | Fax: (217) 244-2223

Email: span-port@lists.illinois.edu

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