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ILAC 199: Individual Work

Open only to students in the department, or by consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 1-12 | Repeatable 15 times (up to 12 units total)

ILAC 210: Queer Almodovar (FEMST 210)

Focus on the representation of non-normative sexualities and genders in films by Pedro Almodóvar, one of the most recognizable auteur directors in Europe today. Analysis of his hybrid and eclectic visual style complemented by critical and theoretical readings in queer studies. Taught in English.
Last offered: Spring 2013 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-A-II, WAY-EDP

ILAC 241: Fiction Workshop in Spanish

Enrollment limited. Spanish and Spanish American short stories approached through narrative theory and craft. Assignments are creative in nature and focus on the formal elements of fiction (e.g. character and plot development, point of view, creating a scene,etc.). Students will write, workshop, and revise an original short story throughout the term. No previous experience with creative writing is required. Readings may include works by Ayala, Bolaño, Borges, Clarín, Cortázar, García Márquez, Piglia, Rodoreda, and others. Prerequisite: SPANLANG 102 or permission from instructor.
Last offered: Winter 2013 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-CE

ILAC 242: Poetry Workshop in Spanish

Latin American and Spanish poetry approached through elements of craft. Assignments are creative in nature and focus on lyric subgenres (e.g. ode, elegy, prose poetry) and formal elements of poetry (e.g. meter, rhythm, rhetorical figures, and tropes). Students write original poems over the course of the quarter. No previous experience with creative writing is required. Authors include Dari­o, Machado, Jimenez, Vallejo, Huidobro, Salinas, Pales Matos, Lorca, Aleixandre, Cernuda, Neruda, Girondo. Course is offered every other year. Taught in Spanish. Prerequisite: 100-level course taught in Spanish, or equivalent. Enrollment limited to 10 students.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-5
Instructors: Santana, C. (PI)

ILAC 243: The Millenium Novel in Latin America

Between 2000 and 2012, a young Spanish American novel emerges, taking at times a minimalist point of view to narrate individual stories with a subjective tone, or continuing a tradition of the historical panorama to present national tragedies that occurred in the last two or three decades. Focus is on this new type of novel from different countries, with such titles as "El cuerpo en que nací" by Guadalupe Entel; "Las teorías salvajes" by Pola Oloixarac; "El ruido de las cosas al caer" by Juan Gabriel Vazquez; and "Bonsai" by Alejandro Zambra, among others.
Last offered: Autumn 2012 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II

ILAC 254: Surrealism in Latin America and Spain (Poetry and Fiction)

This course focuses on the legacy of Surrealism in the Hispanic transatlantic traditions, both in literature and the visual arts (film and paintings). We will study and analyze two aesthetic paths: on one hand, the embracing of Surrealism to enrich one¿s own poetics; on the other, that of other groups and authors' orthodox approach to the principles established by André Breton and his cohort in the aesthetic adventure. The course will study and assess Surrealism's lasting echoes in recent literary manifestations (among them Roberto Bolaño¿s works). Taught in Spanish.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-5

ILAC 263: Visions of the Andes (ILAC 363)

What visions and images of the Andes circulate in contemporary Latin American literature? How are they constructed? How is their value accrued? An exploration of the visual economy of the Andes in representative literary texts of the 20th century, vis-à-vis critical discourses about Andean culture. Topics: visual culture and identity, iconography and the word/image tension, nature vs. culture, debates on utopia, indigenismo, mestizaje, and hibridez. Authors may include: Pablo Neruda, Gabriela Mistral, Martín Chambi, José Carlos Mariátegui, César Vallejo, José María Arguedas, Mario Vargas Llosa, Raúl Salmón, Aurelio Arturo. Spanish proficiency required.
Last offered: Winter 2010 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II

ILAC 276: Aesthetics, Revolutionaries and Terrorists (ILAC 376)

Who is a terrorist and who is a revolutionary? With surge of Anarchism in the XXth Century, the "culture of fear" has been one of the axes of political activism. This course will explore the difference between the desire to correct injustice in society (Revolution) and the desire to destroy society (Terrorism) using literary texts and films. Readings will include novels and testimonies of the protagonists in various social struggles, as well as journalistic and academic papers about these social movements.
Terms: Aut, Spr | Units: 3-5

ILAC 277: Spanish in Society

Emphasis is on the documentation and analysis of the use of Spanish in real-world contexts. Readings include representative scholarship from linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, psychology, and sociology. Topics include fieldwork methods, the ethnography of communication, conversational narrative, body language, and language ideologies and politics. Students will conduct their own ethnographic fieldwork and present findings to class. Taught in English (with fieldwork component in Spanish).
Last offered: Autumn 2012 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
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