Spanish Through Literature and the Arts

Prerequisites: CASLS 212 or Spanish SAT subject test score of 560 or higher, or placement test results. Advanced study of the Spanish language through the analysis of literature in its relations to the arts and society. Topics for Spring 2027: Section A1: Food Culture of the Spanish Caribbean. Food in the Caribbean tells a story of colonization and migration. Through chronicles, essays, visual art, digital media, films and literary excerpts, we examine the history of the region through a decolonial lens. Cooking workshops take us to the kitchen! Section B1: The Art of Growing Up. What does it mean to grow up Hispanic today? Through literature, film, music, and visual art, this course explores how young people navigate changing norms, family expectations, love, economic challenges, migration, identity, and pressures of an uncertain future. 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. Effective Fall 2026, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Historical Consciousness, Oral and/or Signed Communication.