SPAN 232 : APPROACHES TO LATIN AMER LIT (H)

Introduction to literary analysis through close readings and interpretation of representative works by major Latin American writers. Students will learn to identify texts of different genres, and will become acquainted with the styles of the different periods of Hispanic literary history. Throughout the course, the students will acquire the appropriate vocabulary and the critical skills that will allow them to write critical essays and comment on what a text says and how it says it.