SPN 480
Spn & Lat Text/Film · 3 credits · Spring 2027
Requirements
Pre: SPN 300 or any SPN 400-level (except SPN 476) Students who do not meet the above can take an online language assessment at the this link: https://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/academics/departments/modern-languages/language-level-assessment-2/
About this course
This course will introduce students to film adaptations of Spanish and Latin American novels, short stories, diaries and theater plays in the context of the literary and film debate: how does film "translate" text? Should the film be "faithful" to the text? If so, faithful to what aspects, plot dialogue, chronology, social and psychological and socioeconomic backgrounds will be included. Special attention will be given to the study of nationality, gender and sexual differences within Spanish and Latin American societies. Students will examine the connections between text and film, as well as the fundamentals of written and visual identification with the cinematic and textual apparatus.
Seat status as of Oct 2, 6:33 PM ET. Seats can change between refreshes.