HISP 451 - Puerto Rico Post-Mortem: Nation, Identity, and Language in a Non-Sovereign Territory LxC

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU, CD

This two-credit course, in Spanish, will expand and complement the discussions in HISP 450 by focusing on classic culturalist interpretations of Puerto Rican identity and the island?s political conundrum from the 1930s to the 1990s. We will read texts by Antonio Pedreira, Isabelo Zenón, José Luis González, and Juan Flores, among others. This course is taught in Spanish.

Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: S. Gutiérrez Negrón

Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: HISP 304 or the equivalent.