SPAN 331 - Trans-Atlantic Literature

Institution:

Messiah University

Subject:

Spanish

Description:

A study of the role that the written word played in building a transatlantic literary culture that linked the Spanish peninsula to the American colonies: the ways in which Spain shaped the literature of its colonies, and how the discovery shaped Spanish readers¿ understandings of the world and their place in it. Beginning with travel accounts and letters from America, students will explore the ways in which these reports depict and construct the image of the American other, the African slave, and the Spanish colonizer¿particularly the role of intellectuals in the development of a circum-Atlantic identity. Meets General Education Literature requirement. Prerequisite: SPAN 206 or the equivalent.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.messiah.edu

Phone Number:

(717) 766-2511

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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