SPAN 590

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Topics in Hispanic Studies

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Credit: 4 hours.

Topical studies of Hispanic literature or linguistics beyond the scope of regular offerings at the 400- or 500-level.

May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours if topics vary. Prerequisite: Corresponding introductory course at the 400-level, or consent of instructor.

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SPAN 590 class schedule data for spring 2019
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	69404	Lecture-Discussion	EC	3:00PM -5:30PM	T	1118 Foreign Languages Building	Calderwood, E	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/19-05/01/19 Section Title: Borders Section Info: Our world is filled with borders. Borders and borderlands play a key role in the production and contestation of national and cultural identities. They offer insights into the status of citizenship and the nation in the age of globalization, and also into long-standing debates surrounding cross-cultural encounter, exchange, and conflict. This course will offer a critical introduction to border studies, and interdisciplinary field that draws upon cultural studies, anthropology, geography, and political science in order to reflect on the political, cultural, social, and economic impact of geopolitical borders. The course will begin with readings from recent theoretical work on borders and border studies, and then it will be divided into three units devoted to the cultural production from and about three significant border spaces: Spain/Morocco, Israel/Palestine, and U.S./Mexico. All literary texts and films will be taught in English translation,but students will be encouraged to read the texts in their original languages: Spanish, Catalan, Arabic, Hebrew, and English. Meets with CWL 581.
	44410	Lecture-Discussion	G	3:00PM -6:00PM	W	G24 Foreign Languages Building	Tolliver, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/19-05/01/19 Section Title: Empathy and Narrative Section Info: Topic Title: "Empathy and Narrative" When we become immersed in the stories of others, our own lives change, for better or worse, for a few seconds or for years. How do storytellers use the potential for empathy to affect readers or viewers? What are the ethical implications of these uses? Participants will explore these questions by considering, for example: virtual reality: becoming "the other" trauma and the ethics of empathy the boundaries of empathy: nonhuman animals, human narratives identifying with the villain visual narratives, empathy, and distance We will approach these and other questions primarily through discussions of modern Iberian narratives, although a variety of periods and Hispanophone regions may also be represented, depending on participants' interests.