SPAN 306: Culture/Civilization of Span Ltn Amer
Course description:
This course presents a historical and cultural overview of Hispanic Latin America from its pre-Columbian origins to the present through works of literature, art, music, and video clips. Taught in Spanish. (Prereq: SPAN 201 or SPAN 202 or SPAN 212 with a C- or better)
This course meets MLO 3
This course presents a historical and cultural overview of Hispanic Latin America from its pre-Columbian origins to the present through works of literature, art, music, and video clips. Taught in Spanish. (Prereq: SPAN 201 or SPAN 202 or SPAN 212 with a C- or better)
This course meets MLO 3
Course Reflective Narrative:
In this course a variety of resources were used in order to obtain the overview of Hispanic Latin America from pre-Columbian origins to the present. As the descriptions this course informs, pieces of literature work, music and video clips were provided throughout the semester. The course began with the overview of the pre-Columbian villages from Latin America, such as the Aztecs, Olmecas, Mayans and many more, as well as the effect the conquest had on them. To learn of Latin America's history and understand the pre-Columban culture and environment, we utilized a book titled Latinoamérica: su civilización y su cultura written by Eugenio Chnag-Rodriguez, the one which we also utilized to write a reflection at the end of the semester to link with the learning outcomes (MLO 3). Shortly after reaching mid semester, we were introduced to literature work that represented Latin American cultures. For example, we analyzed pieces from the era of "Siglo de Oro" and "Generation 98", represented in one of the chapters of the book. When we were working on literature, a significant similarity was seen among the literature pieces studied in Spanish 304. The fact of having two courses that covered similar information, provided a deeper understanding of how powerful literature can be and how it can be utilized in courses focusing in culture, history or even language. Towards the end of the course, a brief overview of how culture and language learning are linked to art and music was given to us. To cover the connection among the musical aspects and art, linked to language learning, was through the exploration of different genres of music. The idea of music being linked to the compensation of language, history and Latin America's culture, shocked me as I had always wondered why certain genres of music shared a presence or influence of other ethnicities, either sown in the adaption of Latin America's use of foreign instruments or dances. An specific genre of music in which we received a deep explanation in and that answered by curiosity of how music can be passed on from different backgrounds to new generations was on what is known as cumbias. This genre originated from African enslaved in Colombia and other regions in Latin America. The instruments used to construct a cumbia share a similarity to the use of African songs and adapted to other generations, during their stay in Latin America. To cover video clips, we watched some that covered impacts in the culture of certain countries in Latin America. For example, we saw a film titled La historia Official which was based on the dictatorship that took place in the country of Argentina from 1976 to 1983. I was very motivated and inspired by this film and decided to make a deep analysis of it to show how historical events in the past can affect future generations, despite the time difference. To further explore and cover a bit more of what I learned in class I have been reading and seeings films related to the topics.
In this course a variety of resources were used in order to obtain the overview of Hispanic Latin America from pre-Columbian origins to the present. As the descriptions this course informs, pieces of literature work, music and video clips were provided throughout the semester. The course began with the overview of the pre-Columbian villages from Latin America, such as the Aztecs, Olmecas, Mayans and many more, as well as the effect the conquest had on them. To learn of Latin America's history and understand the pre-Columban culture and environment, we utilized a book titled Latinoamérica: su civilización y su cultura written by Eugenio Chnag-Rodriguez, the one which we also utilized to write a reflection at the end of the semester to link with the learning outcomes (MLO 3). Shortly after reaching mid semester, we were introduced to literature work that represented Latin American cultures. For example, we analyzed pieces from the era of "Siglo de Oro" and "Generation 98", represented in one of the chapters of the book. When we were working on literature, a significant similarity was seen among the literature pieces studied in Spanish 304. The fact of having two courses that covered similar information, provided a deeper understanding of how powerful literature can be and how it can be utilized in courses focusing in culture, history or even language. Towards the end of the course, a brief overview of how culture and language learning are linked to art and music was given to us. To cover the connection among the musical aspects and art, linked to language learning, was through the exploration of different genres of music. The idea of music being linked to the compensation of language, history and Latin America's culture, shocked me as I had always wondered why certain genres of music shared a presence or influence of other ethnicities, either sown in the adaption of Latin America's use of foreign instruments or dances. An specific genre of music in which we received a deep explanation in and that answered by curiosity of how music can be passed on from different backgrounds to new generations was on what is known as cumbias. This genre originated from African enslaved in Colombia and other regions in Latin America. The instruments used to construct a cumbia share a similarity to the use of African songs and adapted to other generations, during their stay in Latin America. To cover video clips, we watched some that covered impacts in the culture of certain countries in Latin America. For example, we saw a film titled La historia Official which was based on the dictatorship that took place in the country of Argentina from 1976 to 1983. I was very motivated and inspired by this film and decided to make a deep analysis of it to show how historical events in the past can affect future generations, despite the time difference. To further explore and cover a bit more of what I learned in class I have been reading and seeings films related to the topics.