Spanish

Learn about and from Latinx immigrants living and working in Champaign-Urbana. As you learn about their strengths and challenges, you will see how their realities reflect larger issues of immigration on a global, national and regional scale. You will hear directly from local Latinx leaders and people who stand alongside them, working toward immigrant justice.   Students will volunteer in the community or virtually. However, if local conditions with the virus are unsafe, students will not volunteer in the community. *SPAN 232 fulfills the US Minority cultures gen ed requirement....

This course will examine the role of music in Latin American self-expression. From tango to reggaetón, Latin American musical forms have become global sensations. At the same time, they have been central components of regional and national identities, playing an integral part in cultural rituals and practices as well as in everyday life. We will closely examine how particular musical forms have evolved, paying particular attention to their relationship with power, resistance and change. We will examine particular examples of prevalent musical forms and carefully analyze literature, film, art...

SPAN 433 (49433 for graduate students, 49678 for undergraduate): Through this course students will learn the fundamental theories and practices of how languages (i.e. Spanish, English, Portuguese) interact with societies and individuals, which is known as sociolinguistics (pre-requisites are SPAN 307 or SPAN 309). Topics covered to include: language variation and change, language/dialect contact, attitudes and ideologies, and more. Special emphasis will be placed on research presentations and critiques as well as data analytical approaches in R and Qualtrics.

SPAN 308 (Section F, 60345): This sociolinguistics course, cross-listed with LLS 308, provides a ‘structural’ (linguistic) and ‘critical’ (sociopolitical) overview of the linguistic practices of various Spanish-speaking communities in the U.S. The main objective of the course is to develop critical and linguistic awareness about the relationship among language, individual, and society. Special emphasis will be placed on: historical migration patterns and settlements, language use and attitude patterns, and features of Spanish in contact with English (in person and in the media). Taught in...

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 ...

What have been the political and cultural relations between Spain and Latin America in recent years? From a transatlantic perspective, we will explore key issues in Hispanic culture today through the study of literature, film, art,and music. Topics to be discussed include national identity; diversity, race,andethnicity; immigration; colonialism and neocolonialism, dictatorship and democracy; feminism, modernity,and globalization. The selected materials will include texts by authors like María Fernanda Ampuero, Icíar Bollaín, Luis Cernuda, Cristina Peri Rossi, Las Tesis, Remedios Varo, among...