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Sara J. Brenneis (Section 01)
Many countries in the Spanish-speaking world were ruled by a dictator, autocrat or military junta over the course of the 20th century. This interdisciplinary course examines how writers, artists, filmmakers and activists have resisted the censorship, cultural repression and moral authority of dictatorships in Spain and Latin America. We will focus on the history of repressive regimes and the cultures of protest in Spain, Argentina, Chile and Guatemala through films, stories, artwork, poetry and other texts. Throughout the semester, students will mount their own digital exhibition incorporating cultural artifacts from different Spanish-speaking countries and time periods into a pop-up protest museum. Emphasis will also be placed on developing Spanish vocabulary, syntax and fluency to discuss and analyze the causes and effects of repressive regimes and the “subversive” movements that resisted them. Conducted in Spanish.
This course has been designed with a strong digital component, including for the final project. Instruction will be online and synchronous via Zoom, with the possibility of in-person meetings and small group discussion with the professor for those students on campus.
Requisite: SPAN 211, SPAN 301 or consent of the instructor. Fall semester. Professor Brenneis.