SPN 439
Story In Spn Carrib · 3 credits · Spring 2027
Requirements
Pre: SPN 300, any SPN 400-level(except SPN 476) Students who do not meet the above can take an online language assessment to determine level at the this link: https://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/academics/departments/modern-languages/language-level-assessment-2/
About this course
This course studies the short story as a major form of literary expression in the Spanish speaking countries of the Caribbean: Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela. It studies the development of the short story beginning with Indian legends recreated by Spaniards during the early colonial period. Examples of short stories written during the different literary movements are studied and analyzed. The relationship between the writer and society is analyzed as well as the common history, culture, and socio-economic problems which are reflected in each story. This course is taught in Spanish.
Seat status as of Oct 2, 6:33 PM ET. Seats can change between refreshes.
No sections have been posted for this course in this term yet.