SPAN120B PO - Modern Spain as Contact Zone

When Offered: Last offered spring 2021.
Instructor(s): P. Cahill
Credit: 1

An exploration of the ways in which Modern Spanish Peninsular literature and Spanish Identity rely on ‘contact zones,’ defined by Mary Louise Pratt as ‘social spaces where disparate cultures meet, clash, and grapple with each other, often in highly asymmetrical relations of domination and subordination.’ Focus on the major movements and writers in Spain from the 18th through 21st centuries and how these writers conceptualized identities within Spain in relation to Spanish Colonies (in Latin America, Africa, and Asia), Europe, and the U.S. Readings and discussions will address how prose, poetry, drama, and essay explore, reinforce, and contest internal and external social divisions and contradictions related to race, class, gender, sexuality, and power. Prerequisite: SPAN 101 PO.

Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 1; Language Requirement; Writing Intensive