Course Description: This course critically examines contemporary works of Afro-Latin American literature and U.S. Afro-Latinx literature in a variety of genres including poetry, film, and narrative. Students in the course will examine the literary, historical, and cultural contexts of the works studied, along with intersecting themes such as feminism, queer theory, globalization, speculative fiction, magical realism, detective fiction, mental health, and Latin American folk beliefs. Taught in Spanish.
Course Narrative: In this course, Span 428, It was very interesting. I took this class with Dr. Gonzalez, it was very good, since this is where I got the most love for reading, since my average was 2 books a year, but this time I read 5 books in just one semester which I was really surprised about since I really enjoyed reading these books. In addition to the fact that I loved them, they were very really good and interesting books. I also learned a lot about Afro-Latino culture since I did not know of its existence, much less that in Mexico there was a percentage of Mexicans with Afro-descendants. This class helped me develop skills in critical thinking and literary analysis, including interpretive, close reading and writing skills. We also were able to explore the literary, historical and cultural context of the representative texts in Afro-Latin American and US Afro-Latinx literature. For this class I did a research paper and a presentation about a book I read which was the book El Masacre Se Pasa a Pie by Freddy Prestol Castillo which was about a Trujillos military dictatorship. Course evidence: