HISP-264 Memory-Resistance Latin America has seats available!

Discover how Latin American Literature and the Arts Preserve Memory and Inspire Change.

TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM

Prerequisite: C- or better in Hispanic Studies 221, or permission of instructor.

This course explores the intertwined histories of memory and resistance across Latin America from the late nineteenth century to the present. We will examine how literature, film, and visual arts are sites to preserve collective memory and challenge structures of domination. Topics include the advent of Modernismo, the abolition and memory of slavery in the Caribbean, Indigenous resistance to the legacy of colonialism, revolutionary culture, transitional justice, feminism and environmental movements. Students will gain an overview of the diverse cultural traditions of Latin America while engaging critically with the ways literature, film, and the arts help us remember, resist, and re-imagine futures.