SPAN 325: Hispanic Cinema
Course description:
This course will examine the multiple ways that Hispanic and Brazilian filmmakers have seen Hispanic world, its people, religious beliefs and cultures for more than a century. This course provides the student with a range of perspectives on cultural developments in Spain, Brazil, Latin America and the Caribbean from the colonial to the modern period, using critical and literary texts as well as films. Taught in English.
This course meets MLO 1 and 3
This course will examine the multiple ways that Hispanic and Brazilian filmmakers have seen Hispanic world, its people, religious beliefs and cultures for more than a century. This course provides the student with a range of perspectives on cultural developments in Spain, Brazil, Latin America and the Caribbean from the colonial to the modern period, using critical and literary texts as well as films. Taught in English.
This course meets MLO 1 and 3
Course Reflective Narrative:
This course utilized three resources to examine the representation of Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries: Contemporary Latin American Cinema, supplementary readings and films. To fulfill MLO 1, there had to be a sufficient understanding of Spanish to comprehend the films that contained Spanish lyrics. There was also interpersonal communication where Spanish and English was required, especially during class discussions and forum posts. The use of Spanish forum post required to use English, but the readings and films were at times provided in Spanish, therefore, putting in use the ability to speak that language. For the most part, the films provided were all amazing and interesting in their own way. The films formed part of different categories such as, the silent period, colonial era and contemporary films. One of the films analyzed and which represented a Brazilian community ( Afro-latianos) was the film that taught me that amateur actors, could play a huge role in a renown film yet, show flaws to keep the message of the film as original as possible. I had not imaged that groups of amateur actors can be considered for a film and especially that not all directors look for actors that are perfectionists in their career. The fact that this course looked at how culture, language, beliefs and other aspects of Hispanic society (MLO 3), related to the course Spanish 304, that covered the same, but by analyzing written work. I plan to analyze with a critical eye other films viewed out of class, as I had not noticed that many times small details are ignored and many times it can reflect the social issues and time of its production.
This course utilized three resources to examine the representation of Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries: Contemporary Latin American Cinema, supplementary readings and films. To fulfill MLO 1, there had to be a sufficient understanding of Spanish to comprehend the films that contained Spanish lyrics. There was also interpersonal communication where Spanish and English was required, especially during class discussions and forum posts. The use of Spanish forum post required to use English, but the readings and films were at times provided in Spanish, therefore, putting in use the ability to speak that language. For the most part, the films provided were all amazing and interesting in their own way. The films formed part of different categories such as, the silent period, colonial era and contemporary films. One of the films analyzed and which represented a Brazilian community ( Afro-latianos) was the film that taught me that amateur actors, could play a huge role in a renown film yet, show flaws to keep the message of the film as original as possible. I had not imaged that groups of amateur actors can be considered for a film and especially that not all directors look for actors that are perfectionists in their career. The fact that this course looked at how culture, language, beliefs and other aspects of Hispanic society (MLO 3), related to the course Spanish 304, that covered the same, but by analyzing written work. I plan to analyze with a critical eye other films viewed out of class, as I had not noticed that many times small details are ignored and many times it can reflect the social issues and time of its production.