Mercedes Pascual Zavala

This course guides students toward a greater awareness of how literary and cultural productions create effects in readers, viewers, and/or listeners. It engages with these forms of expression in relation to the cultures from which they emerge, situating works from Latin America and Spain within their historical, social, and artistic contexts. Emphasizing critical thinking and a communicative approach to learning, the course explores fiction, poetry, drama, film and/or other areas of cultural production (e.g., music, painting, comics) through activities designed to improve students’ speaking, listening, reading, and writing abilities, and to deepen their understanding of the Spanish-speaking world.