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The Culture of Melodrama in the Hispanic World

Spanish College of Liberal Arts

Course Subject Code

SPAN

Course Number

252

Status

Active

Course Attributes

BHUM: GenEd-Breadth/Humanities, CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, DVIT: GenEd-Diversity International, MSPA: Major-Spanish, PPD: GenEd-Power/Privilege/Diff, ENSP: Minor-Spanish Elective, NSPA: Minor-Spanish

Course Short Title

The Culture of Melodrama

Course Long Title

The Culture of Melodrama in the Hispanic World

Course Description

Addresses the origins, impact, and currency of the melodramatic across Spanish and Latin American culture, literature, film, music, and television. Examines the recourse of the melodramatic within diverse emotional contexts (romantic, erotic, familial) and their relationship with varying cultural and social attitudes. May pay particular attention to the repetitions and excesses of melodramatic representations, and their implicit and explicit connections to gender, gender performance, sexual identity, and nationalism.

Min

4

Repeatable

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Course Restrictions

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