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In this course, we will read and analyze short stories by different Latin American authors of the 20th and 21st centuries. The course covers, among others, the philosophical fiction of Jorge Luis Borges, the double stories of Julio Cortazar, the linguistic and narrative innovation of Carlos Fuentes, the geography of sensations of Clarice Lispector, the magical realism of Gabriel García Marquez, the realism of Roberto Bolaño, the memory of the dictatorship of Felix Bruzzone, and the self-fiction of Eduardo Halfon. Taught in Spanish.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Klinger, D. (PI)
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Won, H. (SI)
ILAC 142N: Mexico in Ten Images (GLOBAL 142N)
This course takes students on a tour through the culture, literature, and history of Mexico guided by 10 emblematic images. From the mythical foundation of Mexica (Aztec) Tenochtitlan to the Mexican Revolution to the present day, Mexico has sustained strikingly beautiful and complex visual cultures. They include the painted books of the Mexica known as codices; the feather mosaics of Indigenous amanteca; costumbrista paintings of typically Mexican customs; maps that sustained Indigenous struggles for land rights; photos of the brave soldaderas (women soldiers) in the Mexican Revolution; Diego Rivera's sweeping murals and Frida Kahlo's striking self-portraits; and the "moving images" of Mexican Golden Age Cinema. Each week of this course features a lecture and a discussion session on one emblematic image to be studied alongside secondary images and short literary and historical texts. Beginners are welcome in this introductory course. Taught in Spanish.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Hughes, N. (PI)
ILAC 157: Medieval and Early Modern Iberian Literatures
From roughly 1000 to 1700 CE. A survey of significant authors and works of early Iberian literatures, focusing on fictional/historical prose and poetry. Topics include lyric poetry and performance, the rise of European empire, Islam in the West, the rise of the novel, early European accounts of Africa and the Americas. Authors may include: Andalusi lyric poets, Llull, the Archpriest of Hita, Zurara, March, Rojas, Vaz de Caminha, Cabeza de Vaca, Sá de Miranda, Monte(ay)or, Teresa of Ávila, Camões, Mendes Pinto, Góngora, Sóror Violante do Céu, Sor Juana, Calderón, and Cervantes. Taught in Spanish.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, GER:DB-Hum
Instructors:
Barletta, V. (PI)
ILAC 181: Philosophy and Literature (CLASSICS 42, COMPLIT 181, ENGLISH 81, FRENCH 181, GERMAN 181, ITALIAN 181, PHIL 81, SLAVIC 181)
Can novels make us better people? Can movies challenge our assumptions? Can poems help us become who we are? We'll think about these and other questions with the help of writers like Toni Morrison, Marcel Proust, Jordan Peele, Charlie Kaufman, Rachel Cusk, William Shakespeare, and Samuel Beckett, plus thinkers like Nehamas, Nietzsche, Nussbaum, Plato, and Sartre. We'll also ask whether a disenchanted world can be re-enchanted; when, if ever, the truth stops being the most important thing; why we sometimes choose to read sad stories; whether we ever love someone for who they are; who could possibly want to live their same life over and over again; what it takes to make ourselves fully moral; whether it's ever good to be conflicted; how we can pull ourselves together; and how we can take ourselves apart. (This is the required gateway course for the Philosophy and Literature major tracks. Majors should register in their home department.)
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Anderson, R. (PI)
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Landy, J. (PI)
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Konstantinou, K. (TA)
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Instructors:
Anderson, R. (PI)
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Landy, J. (PI)
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Konstantinou, K. (TA)
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Martinez Periset, F. (TA)
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Starovoitov, S. (TA)
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Tadmor, J. (TA)
ILAC 193: All about Almodovar (FILMEDIA 193)
Pedro Almodovar is one of the most recognizable auteur directors in the world today. His films express a hybrid and eclectic visual style and the blurring of frontiers between mass and high culture. Special attention is paid to questions of sexuality and the centering of usually marginalized characters. This course studies Pedro Almodovar's development from his directorial debut to the present, from the "shocking" value of the early films to the award-winning mastery of the later ones. Prerequisite: ability to understand spoken Spanish. Readings in English. Midterm and final paper can be in English for non-ILAC degree students. ILAC minors and majors should complete their assignments in Spanish.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, GER:EC-Gender, GER:DB-Hum
Instructors:
Pocrnja, J. (PI)
ILAC 194G: Black Brazil: Afro-Brazilian Music, Literature, and Art (AFRICAAM 294, CSRE 194)
More enslaved people from Africa were forced to Brazil than any other country and Brazil was the last country to abolish the practice of slavery in the Americas. How do these two facts impact the cultural history of Brazil? This class engages these questions to explore the origins, development, and centrality of Afro-Brazilian culture. We will explore musical genres ranging from samba to Brazilian pop (MPB) and rap, and study literary and artistic expressions from an anti-racist perspective to gain a fuller picture of Brazilian society today. Taught in English.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-EDP
Instructors:
Klinger, D. (PI)
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)
Instructors:
Barletta, V. (PI)
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Briceno, X. (PI)
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Hoyos, H. (PI)
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Barletta, V. (PI)
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Briceno, X. (PI)
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Hoyos, H. (PI)
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Hughes, N. (PI)
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Resina, J. (PI)
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Saldivar, R. (PI)
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Santana, C. (PI)
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Surwillo, L. (PI)
ILAC 247: Indigenous Literatures and Cultures of the Americas (COMPLIT 248)
What are 'Indigenous' literatures, and who are 'Indigenous' writers? What do they write about, and how do they represent themselves? What are the best methodologies used by scholars who write about Indigeneity? Through the study of theory, literature, and the visual arts by Indigenous authors from across the Americas, we will consider, among other topics, historical representations and idealizations of Indigenous peoples, the idea of a future after an apocalypse, and alternative ways of relating to the environment. We will explore the diverse forms of Indigenous authorship and cultural production that exist across the Americas, as well as in the context of a globalized world. While our primary materials will come mainly from the Americas (or Abiayala), we will also have exposure to cultures and cultural forms from Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. We will read authors such as Humberto Ak'abal (K'iche Maya), Ruperta Bautista (Tzotzil Maya), Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil (Mixe), Leslie Marmon Silko (Laguna Pueblo), Angel Dominguez (Yucatec Maya Latinx), and Robin Wall Kimmerer (Citizen Potawatomi Nation), among others.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Pieck, R. (PI)
ILAC 248: Outcasts, Superheroes, and Rebels: Identity and Social Justice in Latin(x) American Cinema (CHILATST 248, CSRE 250, FILMEDIA 248)
In a deeply polarized world, identity has often been at the center of conflict - whether wars among nations, imposition of colonial violence, repression of different marginalized groups, and human rights violations, among other forms of inequality and oppression. Cinema, as a popular form of entertainment, has represented identity in myriad ways. How have race, gender, class, and other intersecting markers of identity and marginalization been constructed on screen in Latin America and its diaspora? And how have these representations (frequently converging around the figures of outcasts, superheroes, and rebels) advocated for social justice, liberation, and belonging? These are the central questions that will guide the course's exploration of popular film within Latin American cultures as students develop a portable methodology to "read" and analyze moving images in different sociohistorical contexts. Sources may include the films Bacurau, El secreto de sus ojos, Blue Beetle, and Real Women Have Curves as well as performances of stars such as Jennifer Lopez and Gael García Bernal.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-EDP
Instructors:
Alpert, J. (PI)
ILAC 276: Populism in the Americas (HISTORY 276, HISTORY 376, POLISCI 246H)
The course addresses a major topic in today's world: populism. The visibility it has acquired grants an inquiry into its nature, and its history. We will tackle the key problem of the definition of populism and will focus on its historical and political character. We will discuss the defining features and conditions for the emergence of historical cases of populism through a cross-disciplinary perspective. On the base of this discussion, the course address historically relevant cases of populism in the Americas, combining case analysis with comparative analysis, inclusive of current examples. This will allow for a deeper understanding of the diversity, complexity, and components of an often-misunderstood phenomenon and often misused concept.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4-5
Instructors:
Dominguez Lopez, E. (PI)
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