HISP 356 - Childhood in Latin American Fiction and Film

In this course we will analyze fictional and cinematic narratives of childhood and adolescence from 20th century Latin America, focusing on how these narratives portray the Latin American social context and the often conflicting racial, class and gender identities children contend with as they come of age. The course also explores how such cultural productions reimagine childhood not only to document personal pasts, but also to focus on national identity as a dynamic and incomplete process.

Prerequisites
HISP 240 or Permission of Instructor

Credits 1

Area
Humanities

Division
Arts and Humanities

Foundation
Foreign Language

Compass Attributes
Foreign Language, Global Honors, Humanities, Structure/Power/Inequality