Latin American Colonial Literature (1492-1800).

Catalog description

This course provides a survey of Colonial Latin American Literature broadly understood as occurring between 1492 to 1825. It aims to generate a better understanding of how Latin American culture and society emerged conjunctly with the process of exploration and conquest and colonization of the continent. Colonial writing /narratives are explored as a medium of knowledge, power and resistance to the formation of colonial systems that prevail in Latin American nations today.