Course Number-Span 304
Title-Intro To Hispanic Literature
Course Description
This course introduces the principles of literary analysis, based on reading and discussion of Hispanic literary texts. Includes fiction, drama, essay, and poetry from Spain and Spanish America. Taught in Spanish.
Meets MLO 1&3
Course Description
This course introduces the principles of literary analysis, based on reading and discussion of Hispanic literary texts. Includes fiction, drama, essay, and poetry from Spain and Spanish America. Taught in Spanish.
Meets MLO 1&3
Course Reflection Narrative
In SPAN 304, Introduction to Hispanic Literature with Dr. Pablo Oliva, we learned about several literary analysis techniques based on the readings and class discussions. These books represented a wide variety of Hispanic literary genres and movements. For instance, it could be any work of fiction, drama, essay, or poetry in Spanish or Spanish American. We studied the progression from the Middle Ages to the 20th century throughout this course. We examined literary movements and the authors who created or significantly influenced them. The literary boom, the vanguards, the Generation of '98, mysticism, naturalism, romanticism, modernism, and many other literary movements are examples of literary movements that are discussed in SPAN 304. Rosario Ferré, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Miguel de Unamuno, Julio Cortazar, and many other authors have all influenced the development of Hispanic literature. A remarkable, admirable, and courageous woman named Emilia Pardo Bazán wrote from a naturalistic point of view, shedding light on the position and agonizing experiences women endured in the 19th century. It stressed the importance of classes like this in helping me grasp literary books, popular characters, and how to recognize them. This course gave me a broad understanding of what Hispanic literature is really like, despite the fact that it was a little challenging given the analysis of such well-known works of Spanish literature that were thoroughly scrutinized.