Prerequisites: CASLS 212 or Spanish SAT subject test score of 560 or higher, or placement test results. - Not open to students for whom Spanish is a first language. Advanced study of the Spanish language through the analysis of literature in its relations to the arts and society. Topics for Fall 2025: Section A1: This course explores Darwin's experiences, observations, and discoveries during his voyage to South America aboard the Beagle in 1831. We use Darwin's diary to map his trajectory, yet focus on original works written by naturalists, scientists, and authors of fiction. Section B1: Spanish through music and literature. Students study music videos, lyrics, criticism, and literature to better understand how musicians in Latin America and Spain have engaged with social movements that question discourses of politics, power, race, and gender. Creative work encouraged. Section C1: Visual Creations in the Hispanic World: In this advanced course of Spanish language, we analyze and discuss works of art, including paintings, street art, sculptures, architecture, and film from the Hispanic World with an emphasis on the thematic and cultural messages contained within them. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Oral and/or Signed Communication.

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