LLC 215 - Contemporary Latin American & Latino Drama

Course unit(s): 1
Meets GAR: Meets general academic requirement DE.
This course is an introduction to theater and cultural politics in the Americas since the late 1950s and comprises selections of twelve 20th and 21st century plays written by Latin American and Latino/a authors. The Latin American plays will be read in translation and the Latino plays will be read in English or Spanglish. 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.