Course Description
This course focuses on reading and analyzing works from Latin American women writers. Examines fiction by and about women from varied sociocultural backgrounds to discover the diversity and the commonality of female experience in different geographical regions. Students examine the narrative strategies employed by these writers in interpreting social, political, cultural, and religious forces that create gender, class, and ethnic barriers in Latin American society. Taught in Spanish. (Prereq: SPAN 304 with a C- or better)
Reflective Narrative
In Latin American Women Writers, we had the opportunity to read and analyze several Latin American women writers in different geographical regions such as: Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz, Gabriela Mistral, Maria Luisa Bombal, y Clarice Lispector. The first writer who moved me in this course was Sor Juana. Sor Juana's "Carta Atenagórica" was one of the first works we had the opportunity to read and analyze. She was an awe inspiring woman for her time because although was born in Mexico in the 1600s, she was able to educate herself and express her point of view, even though it was against Vieira. Sor Juana was and still is a symbol of free will and self determination in the life of a woman. This course contributes to the fulfillment of the outcome of MLO 3: Literary and Cultural Knowledge by emphasizing how women have progressed throughout history despite the traditional gender roles in Latin America. This course emphasizes women's experiences in many things, from death to church, and how they have set a pathway for the Latin American writers today. Another moving writer we analyzed in the course was Gabriela Mistral. Gabriela Mistral was the first Latin American woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945. She is one of my favorites because her themes bring awareness to issues happening that are often disregarded now such as: loss of loved ones, abandonment, poverty, and miscarriages. This course opened my eyes more to how women really have not received enough credit for their impact in the world. I feel like all the writers covered in this course have empowered the role of women. It also inspired me to want to analyze the portrayal of indigenous women in historical chronicles and their treatment for our Capstone project.
Assignments
Reflexion 1
Trabajo Final