Introduction to Hispanic Literatures focuses on reading and analyzing literary works in Spanish, developing oral and written skills for literary discussion and applying methods to basic forms, genres, and short texts.
Steven Hutchinson was described as a good professor who tended to get off topic and was hard to follow in lecture. One student found the online format boring and relied on the TA, while another found discussion sections more useful and eventually stopped attending lecture.
Examines encounters with otherness in early modern Spanish and Colonial texts from the late 15th to 17th centuries, focusing on race, religion, and ethnicity across America, Spain, and the Mediterranean.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Fall 2021: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Fall 2022: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).