LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND HUMAN RIGHTS

SPANISH 479

Course Description

Explores the literary culture that emerged in Latin American countries after the military dictatorships in the seventies and eighties. Engage with cultural responses to human rights abuses in order to determine what kind of memory was invoked through available cultural venues and what kind of memory market has been created as a response to neo-liberal economic project. Looks into the means by which literary and cultural responses are produced, circulated and consumed, what seems to be remembered and forgotten as well as who takes ownership of memories and how the state produced official story compares with individual as well as community generated accounts.

Prerequisties

(CHICLA/SPANISH 222 or SPANISH 223 ) and SPANISH 224

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

3.82

-0.4% from Historical

Completion Rate

100%

No change from Historical

A Rate

90.91%

10.25% from Historical

Class Size

-22.81% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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