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SPAN235

Constructing the Female Subject: Gender and Culture in Spanish American Literature
SPAN235 FA

Crosslistings: COL 222, LAST235, WMST237

Next Offered in 9899 FA

We will consider gender as a category of literary analysis, seeing it in terms of difference and power, and mapping out how it is inscribed, represented and reproduced in selected novels and short stories by Spanish and Spanish American women writers.

MAJOR READINGS

Selected readings in feminist literary
criticism, prose and poetry works by: Sor Juana Ines De La
Cruz and other writings by Nuns, Emilia Pardo Bazan, Soledad
Puertolas, Carmen Martin Gaite, Marta Traba, Elena Garro, I.
Allende, Sylvia Molloy, Rosario Castellanos, Victoria
Ocampo, Gabriela Mistral, Alfonsina Storni, Domitila Barrios
de Chungara.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Oral presentations, papers, final exam

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

SPAN235 is intended for students who have completed SPAN223 or SPAN226. Students who have not done so should consult with the professor before preregistering. Readings, class discussion, and written work in Spanish only. Strong proficiency in Spanish necessary. Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA RLIT

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997




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