LLC 215 - Contemporary Latin American & Latinx Drama

Course unit(s): 1
Meets GAR (students beginning prior to Fall 2024): Meets general academic requirement HU and DE.
This course is an introduction to theatre and culture politics in the Spanish Americas from the late 1950s until the present. We will explore plays written by Latin American as well as Latinx authors. All plays will be read in English or Spanglish, inviting us to consider the role of translation and code-switching. In this course we will focus on how the texts reflect Latin American cultural character and world views by studying the historical background that shaped the writing of each play. We will also discuss how identity is performed and how the different authors confront and deal with issues of identity. Main topics of focus may include political theatre, relations to European theatre traditions, experimentation, revolution, dictatorship, terror and violence, censorship and self-censorship, trauma and memory, gender, and borders.