Description
SPAN 321. FOUNDATIONS OF LATIN AMERICAN SOCIETIES. An exploration of the civilization, culture, literature, and artistic forms of pre-Columbian societies and the changes, challenges, and opportunities brought by the processes of conquest and colonization. Students read firsthand accounts and chronicles of this period as well as the questions and objections raised by members of the Church to how colonization was being implemented. The course examines the contributions of the African populations to Latin American societies and concludes with a study of the Baroque period, including architecture, poetry, and painting. Taught in Spanish. This course fulfills the Information Literacy (IL) and Writing Intensive (WI) requirements for the Spanish major. Prerequisite: Spanish 308 and one of Spanish 303, 305, or 306. Offered periodically, three hours.