HISP 355 - The New Hollywood-México Connection

Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module
Credits (Range): 1.5 Hours
Attribute: 1.5 HU, CD

This 7-week course celebrates the synergy between two film centers through one U.S. Latino and three Mexican directors: Rodríguez, Cuarón, González Iñárritu, and del Toro. New uses of old genres; kitsch and melodrama in the U.S. versus México; adaptation; the independent cinema world; multi-plot narrative cinema. Discussion sections either in English or in Spanish. For letter-grade credit, students will write some response papers and a final 5-7pp. paper. HISP major credit for all work done in Spanish. Enrollment Limit: 50.
Instructor: P. O’Connor
Cross Reference/Cross Listing Information
This course is cross referenced with Cinema Studies and also counts towards that major.