SPAN 3084 - Afro-Hispanic Literature

1 Course Unit(s)
An introduction to the most representative writers of the African Diaspora in Latin America within its socio-historical contexts focusing on different genres of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Students will explore themes of ethnicity, racism, and alienation, placed in the wider global context of socio-politico- artistic movements such as Negritude and the Harlem Renaissance. Writers will include Manzano, Zapata Olivella, Guillén, Morejón, Duncan, Santa Cruz, and others.

General Education Requirement(s): Cultural Traditions: Non-Western or Upper-level Liberal Arts
Prerequisite(s): SPAN 2094
Corequisite(s): None
Pre/Corequisite(s): None