Description:
The student develops a reasonable understanding of the ways of thinking (ideas, beliefs, attitudes, values, philosophies), the behavioral practices (patterns of social interactions) and the cultural products – both tangible and intangible (for example, art, history, literature, music) — of Hispanic cultures.
There are two pathways by which this outcome can be fulfilled:
Course(s) which fulfill the MLO:
SPAN 395 IP: International Programs ( Span Amer Lit 15th-18th Cent)
The student develops a reasonable understanding of the ways of thinking (ideas, beliefs, attitudes, values, philosophies), the behavioral practices (patterns of social interactions) and the cultural products – both tangible and intangible (for example, art, history, literature, music) — of Hispanic cultures.
There are two pathways by which this outcome can be fulfilled:
- The student completes between two and six courses (depending on his or her choice of emphasis, as either in language and linguistics knowledge or literary and cultural knowledge) in Hispanic literature, culture or society. General areas to choose from are: literature, the social sciences (anthropology, geography, history, political systems), art history, music history, religion or other nonSpanish courses specific to Hispanic culture or society.
- With prior approval and guidance from WLC faculty, the student may opt for a more individual pathway. He or she may choose to independently study, research and analyze four of the following areas as they are reflected in the civilization or national culture of the language chosen to study: architecture, dance, dress, fiction, healing processes, high art, issues of gender and racial equity, music, national history, poetry, political systems, popular art, religious beliefs, theatre.
Course(s) which fulfill the MLO:
SPAN 395 IP: International Programs ( Span Amer Lit 15th-18th Cent)
MLO 3 Reflective Narrative:
Through different aspects of literature, one can learn so much about the time period that is depicted. In SPAN 395 IP, different texts that we read exposed us about different cultures of the time. Since the class was focused on literature from the 15th through 18th century, we read many texts that focused on Christopher Columbus, the conquest and the life in Spain during said conquest.
We learned about the hispanic cultures while in this class, the curls of the Spanish as well as the culture of the indigenous people when Christopher columbus and Hernan Cortes came to the new world and conquered the Aztec people. We read and analyzed the cantos and what they symbolized at that time.
One of the papers that was required of student was to pick an author that we had previously discussed, prepare a brief biography and analyse texts of that author that was not covered in class. For this assignment, I chose to cover some poems written by Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. Sor Juana was a women who fought for other women's rights, rebelling against the stereotypical image for a woman in the 17th century and demanding that women should have the same rights as a man. While analyzing her poems, the reader got a clearer image of how the society was at the time, how she depicted the time period.
Through different aspects of literature, one can learn so much about the time period that is depicted. In SPAN 395 IP, different texts that we read exposed us about different cultures of the time. Since the class was focused on literature from the 15th through 18th century, we read many texts that focused on Christopher Columbus, the conquest and the life in Spain during said conquest.
We learned about the hispanic cultures while in this class, the curls of the Spanish as well as the culture of the indigenous people when Christopher columbus and Hernan Cortes came to the new world and conquered the Aztec people. We read and analyzed the cantos and what they symbolized at that time.
One of the papers that was required of student was to pick an author that we had previously discussed, prepare a brief biography and analyse texts of that author that was not covered in class. For this assignment, I chose to cover some poems written by Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. Sor Juana was a women who fought for other women's rights, rebelling against the stereotypical image for a woman in the 17th century and demanding that women should have the same rights as a man. While analyzing her poems, the reader got a clearer image of how the society was at the time, how she depicted the time period.