Spanish

From ‘teatro irrepresentable’ to ‘poemas representables’ and ‘novelas cinematográficas,’  this course examines experimental intervention in theater, poetry, and the novel in the first decades of the twentieth century as it relates to early cinema. Centering on Spanish modernist and avant-garde literature, this course spotlights literary-cinematographic texts that test the parameters and limits of the literary as a set of ideological and material as well as sensory and conceptual conventions. Confronting cinema’s formal challenge to the literary writer by introducing temporal-spatial...

How have Latin American nations defined equality? What were the struggles for social justice during the first century of independence? How have those forces shaped the region? The 19th century is a period of great progress and extraordinary turmoil in Latin America. As the region struggles to carve a path out of coloniality for itself, the literature of this period stages visions of hope and fear about the prospects of these emergent nation-states and remaining colonies. We will analyze how these writings trace both the promises and the failures of their “imagined communities.” Drawing on...

A new course that explores how language, culture, race, public discourse and public policy intersect with the health and wellness of US Latinx communities. We will cover a variety of topics, but our main area of focus will be on COVID-19 and its impact on our local immigrant community and at a national level. Classes consist of discussion, active learning exercises and visits from experts. Required textbook: Spanish in Healthcare by Glenn A. Martínez. Available free, online at our library. Only prerequisite: SPAN 228 or consent of the instructor....

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...