HISP 440 - Music, Orality, and Literature in Hispanic Traditions

Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD

This course explores the long-standing relationship between verbal art and music in high art, popular, and folk traditions. We will consider: how musical paradigms shape literary aesthetics, song and identity, improvisation in music and verbal art, Romanticism and the dissonance of Modernity in literature and music, the relationship between popular song and poetry, tradition and innovation in oraliture, models of performance in literature and music. Examples drawn from Spanish, Latin American, and U.S. Latino/a traditions. Taught in Spanish.

Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: A. Cara

Prerequisites & Notes: A 300 level course in Spanish beyond HISP 304
Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with CMPL 440
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Comparative Literature, Latin American Studies