Hispanic Studies [371] - Special Topics in Latin American Literature: Latin American History through Cinema

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Hamilton College

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The course introduces important Latin American films and documentaries, through which it analyzes significant aspects of political and aesthetic tensions that have characterized the region. Both films and documentaries will be analyzed as artistic endeavors and as sociological documents that provide a window into the socio-historical context of the nation in question. Weekly screenings of films and clips by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Raymundo Gleyzer, Eduardo Coutinho, María Luisa Bemberg, Lita Stantic, Andrés Wood, Paulo Caldas, and Albertina Carri, among others. Prerequisite, 210 or 211 or consent of instructor. Taught in Spanish.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.hamilton.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 859-4011

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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