HISP 416 - Constructs of Machismo and Marianismo in the Mexican Literary Canon

FC ARHU CD WINT

4 credits
This course explores the representation of Machismo (hyper-masculinity) and its counterpart Marianismo (the saintly, maternal, and abnegated female) in the Mexican literary canon. We will read works by pioneering female writers Rosario Castellanos, Elena Garro, and Brianda Domecq, as well as contemporary authors Vivian Abenshushan, Guadalupe Nettel, and Ana Clavel. We will analyze how these novelists reformulate stereotypical gender representations and envision alternative conceptualizations of self. We will also examine their interrogations and explorations of the sociohistorical processes of socialization and self-determination. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisites: two 300-level courses taught in Spanish.

Undergraduate Research Intensive