SPAN 3360: Stories of Mexico

3 Credit Hours

This course focuses on Mexican stories from pre-Columbian times through the present, and highlights the various peoples, histories and literary, social and artistic movements that influenced the cultivation of modern Mexico.

Notes: This course is taught in English.

Course Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

1. Read and write carefully and critically about literature.

2. Recognize major literary terms, themes, and writing strategies employed by various Mexican writers.

3. Compare and contrast themes and characters across several literary works from Mexico and elsewhere.

4. Recognize and list the various elements that comprise Mexican culture, and how it influences and is affected by other cultures.

5. Explain how the creation and study of literature affect society.