Reading Latin America: Stories from a Continent.

Overview

Course Contents
This module focuses on the many stories of Latin America, developing an understanding of key expressions of cultures and societies across the continent. You will have the opportunity to build on skills to help you 'read' a variety of sources that may include: film, visual and performing arts, stories, and written accounts.  The texts chosen each year will engage with the many voices that together form Latin America.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this module students should:- acquire a basic knowledge and understanding of crucial periods of Latin American culture and history - develop an understanding of the complex inter-relations between a text and its historical context - have an awareness of distinct methods of cultural and historical analysis and begin to apply thses appropriately to a range of texts, writtren and visual.

Skills

Students should begin to: - situate art and literature in their socio-political contexts - develop an awareness of key historical trends - develop skills of critical analysis - develop essay writing skills - develop bibliographical research skills

Assessment