SPAN261 - Constructing the Female Subject: Gender and Culture in Hispanic Literature

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Constructing the Female Subject: Gender and Culture in Hispanic Literature
SPAN261 FA

Crosslistings: COL222,LAST235,WMST237

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 poems, novels, essays, and short stories by Hispanic 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, Marta Traba, Elena Garro, I. Allende, Sylvia Molloy, Rosario Castellanos, Victoria Ocampo, Gabriela Mistral, Alfonsina Storni, Domitila Barrios de Chungara, Rosario Ferre, Sandra Cisneros.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Oral presentations, papers, final exam

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

SPAN261 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. COL students must take this course CR/U; all other students must take the course for a grade.

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: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE Grading Mode: Student Option

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Sorensen,Diana

Times: ..T.T.. 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: FISK312

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 20)

SR. major: 5 Jr. major: 5

SR. non-major: 4 Jr. non-major: 4 SO: 1 FR: 1

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing, Focused Inquiry Course

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000