FALL Courses 2008
Courses Offered by the Latin American & Latino Studies Program (provisional)
Check the Registrar's website for course availability.
| LALS 060 | Introduction to Latina/o Literature | |
| TR 3:00-4:30PM | LEC | A. Padilla |
| CROSS LISTED: English-070 | ||
A survey of cultural productions by Latinas/os (i.e. people of Latin American descent who have been raised in the U.S.) that usually will focus on the twentieth century, but might at times examine earlier periods instead. The course will take a culturally and historically informed approach to a wide range of novels, poems, plays, and films, and will sometimes include visual art and music. Writers and artists might include Américo Paredes, Piri Thomas, Cherríe Moraga, Sandra Cisneros, Julia Alvarez, Junot Díaz, Cristina García, El Teatro Campesino, John Leguizamo, Carmen Lomas Garza, the Hernandez Brothers, and Los Tigres del Norte.
| LALS 070 | Colonial Latin America | |
| MW 3:30-5:00PM | LEC | |
| CROSS LISTED: HIST-070 | ||
The development of Latin America from pre-Columbian times to 1850. Emphasis is on the interaction between European, Indian and African elements in colonial society, the growth of national consciousness, and the related phenomena of political instability and economic underdevelopment.
| LALS 178 | Early Modern Atlantic World | |
| MW 2:00-3:30PM | LEC | A. Feros |
| CROSS LISTED: History-178 | ||
| LALS 213 | Latin America Politics | |
| MW 1:00-2:00pm | LEC | T. Falleti |
| Cross listed: PSCI-213 | ||
Study of the empirical and logical validity of some of the main arguments that connect the economy and politics in Latin America. The course focuses on themes such as the agro-exporting economy, the oligarchic state, import-substitution industrialization, bureaucratic-authoritarian regimes, transition to and consolidation of democracy, and structural reforms.
| LALS 213.402 | Latin America Politics | |
| F 10:00-11:00am | Recitation | STAFF |
| LALS 213.403 | Latin America Politics | |
| F 11:00-12:00noon | Recitation | STAFF |
| LALS 213.404 | Latin America Politics | |
| F 1:00-2:00pm | Recitation | STAFF |
| LALS 240 | Topics in Brazilian Culture | |
| MWF 12:00-1:00pm | SEM | STAFF |
| Cross listed: Portuguese-240 | ||
| LALS 394 | Spanish American Fiction | |
| MWF 12:00-1:00pm | SEM | Garcia-Serrano |
| Cross listed: Spanish-394 | ||
Topics vary. See the Romance Languages Department's website at
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/roml for a description of the current offerings.
| LALS 396 | 20th Century Latin American Literature | |
| TR 10:30-12:00noon | SEM | J. Salessi |
| Cross listed: Spanish-390 | ||
Topics vary. See the Romance Languages Department's website at
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/roml for a description of the current offerings.
| LALS 396.402 | Introduction Spanish American Literature | |
| TR 12:00-1:30pm | SEM | STAFF |
| Cross listed: Spanish-390 | ||
Topics vary. See the Romance Languages Department's website at
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/roml for a description of the current offerings.
| LALS 396.403 | Introduction Spanish American Literature | |
| MWF 10:00-11:00am | SEM | STAFF |
| Cross listed: Spanish-390 | ||
Topics vary. See the Romance Languages Department's website at
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/roml for a description of the current offerings.
| LALS 396.404 | Introduction Spanish American Literature | |
| MW 2:00-3:30pm | SEM | STAFF |
| Cross listed: Spanish-390 | ||
Topics vary. See the Romance Languages Department's website at
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/roml for a description of the current offerings.
| LALS 397 | Studies in Spanish American Culture | |
| TR 1:30-3:00 | SEM | STAFF |
| Cross listed: SPAN 396 | ||
Topics vary. See the Romance Languages Department's website at
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/roml for a description of the current offerings.
| LALS 397.402 | Studies in Spanish American Culture | |
| TR 3:00-4:30pm | SEM | STAFF |
| Cross listed: SPAN 396 | ||
Topics vary. See the Romance Languages Department's website at
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/roml for a description of the current offerings
| LALS 398 | History Spanish American Culture | |
| MWF 11:00-12:00nonn | SEM | STAFF |
| Cross listed: SPAN 397 | ||
Topics vary. See the Romance Languages Department's website at
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/roml for a description of the current offerings
| LALS 399 | Independent Study | |
| Permission required | Staff | |
| LALS 408 | The Ancient Maya | |
| TR 12:00-1:30pm | LEC | Sharer/Traxler |
| Cross listed: Anthropology-468 | ||
Examination of current understanding of Ancient Maya, emphasizing critical review of recent archaeological research and theories.
| LALS 557 | Archaeology & Theory & Method | |
| R 9:00-12:00noon | SEM | C. Erickson |
| Cross Listed: Anthropology-557 | ||
Advanced seminar for potential professional archaeologists. Course will examine critically main past and present theoretical issues in archaeological research and interpretation, and consider various methodologies utilized toward these interpretative ends.
| LALS 592 | Chicano/a Studies | |
| M 3:00-6:00pm | SEM | A. Padilla |
| Cross Listed: English-592 | ||
This course treats some aspect of literary and cultural politics in the 20th-Century with emphasis varying by instructor.
| LALS 599 | Independent Study | |
| Permission required | Staff | |
| LALS 655 | Democratization | |
| M 3:00-6:00pm | SEM | T. Falleti |
| Cross Listed: Political Science-655 | ||
| LALS 661 | Language Diversity & Education | |
| M 2:00-4:00 | LEC | Hornberger, N. |
| Cross listed: EDUC 661 | ||
Exploration of issues affecting educational policy and classroom practice in multilingual, multicultural settings, with an emphasis on ethnographic research. Selected U.S. and international cases illustrate concerns relating to learners' bilingual/bicultural/biliterate development in formal educational settings. Topics include policy contexts, program structures, teaching and learning in the multilingual classroom, discourses and identities in multilingual education policy and practice, and the role of teachers, researchers, and communities in implementing change in schools.
| LALS 689.401 | Cinema 68: Film, Crisis, and Transition in Spain and Mexico (1960-1985) | |
| W 4:00-7:00 | SEM | Prof. Solomon |
| Cross listed: SPAN 689.401 | ||
The objective of this course is to examine the remarkable cinematic production in Spain and Mexico during the decade following the 1968 massacre at Tlectoloco in Mexico City and during the waning days and subsequent death of Francisco Franco in Spain. We will compare these two national traditions against a broad overview of European and Latin American cinema during the 1960's, including French Nouvelle Vague, British Free Cinema, and Brazilian Cinema Novo. Given that a major concern of filmmakers during the 1960's and 1970's was the relation between film and indexical realism, we will discuss works by classical film theorists such as Kracauer, Bazin, Eisenstein, Epstein and Dulac as well as more recent works by Gunning, Doane, and Mulvey. Required screenings include: from Spain, La caza (Carlos Saura 1966), Furtivos (Borau 1975), El espÃritu de la colmena (Erice 1973), Diatrambo (Suarez 1968), Fata morgana (Aranda 1965), La campana del infierno (GuerÃn 1973); from Mexico, Canoa (Cazals 1976), El lugar sin Ãmites (Ripstein 1978), La pasión según Berenice (Hermosillo 1976),and Alucarda, hija de las tiniebas (López 1978). Secondary required screenings include, Los olvidados (Buñuel 1950), Sang des bêtes (Franju 1949), à bout de souffle (Godard 1960), Battaglia di Algeri (Pontecorvo 1966), and Tire die (Birri 1960). The syllabus and corresponding readings and screenings will be coordinated with lectures by visiting faculty member, Carlos Monsivais, and with related events at the International House such as a Glauber Rocha retrospective and screenings of Death of a Cyclist (Antonio Bardem 1955) and La hora de los hornos (Getina y Solanas 1968).