Faculty: Patrick Duffey
Description: Racial justice is one of the most compelling social challenges for today’s students. According to the recent Modern Language Association Statement Deploring Systemic Racism, “It has never been more important for educational institutions to support and expand Black and Africana studies, Latinx and ethnic studies, and Native American studies and to teach the literatures born of struggle against racist violence.” In an effort to give a more complete picture of Latin American literature and culture in the context of current issues relating to race and ethnicity, my course focuses on Black Latin American literature and film, an understudied aspect of Latin American history and art. It introduces students to Afro-Latino literature, film and music originally created in Spanish (with translations for this course in English) from Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Puerto Rico. Beginning with the testimonial literature of the Afro-Latino diaspora of the 16th through the 19th centuries, including the Cuban slave narratives of Juan Francisco Manzano and Esteban Montejo, students explore english translations of poems and narratives by such contemporary authors as Fortunato Vizcarrondo, Luis Pales Matos, Manuel del Cabral, Nicolas Guillen, and Nancy Morejón (Cuba); Ana Lydia Vega, Luis Rafael Sanchez, Jose Luis Gonzalez, and Mayra Santos Febres (Puerto Rico); Quince Duncan (Costa Rica); Adalberto Ortiz, Nelson Estupiñán Bass, and Luz Argentina Chiriboga (Ecuador); Marie Elena Moyano and Lucía Charún-Illescas (Peru); Manuel Zapata Olivella (Colombia); Blas Jiménez (Dominican Republic); Antonio Acosta Márquez (Venezuela); and Carlos Guillermo Wilson (Panama). The course will be a total immersion in Black Latin American culture: literature, film, music, dance, sports, food, and many other aspects of culture. No Spanish required.
Meeting Information: 01/04/2021-01/26/2021 On Campus Jan Term Course Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Section Requisites: Course Fee: $50. Estimated out of pocket expense: $100