SPAN 4302 - Contemporary Hispanic Women Writers

3 hours

Prerequisites: SPAN 3100 with a grade of “C-” or better.
In this course, we shall read selected texts by contemporary Hispanic women writers, such as Rosario Ferré, Luisa Valenzuela, Rosario Castellanos, Cristina Peri Rossi, Isabelle Allende, and Elena Poniatowska. Our text analyses will focus on the feminine characters in these women’s narratives in relation to their family, workplace, and larger social environment. We shall explore the similarities and differences between the roles of women in Spain, Latin America and the United States as perceived by their respective societies and shall discuss the diverse strategies women use to represent themselves in their particular socio-cultural contexts.