Academic Bulletin 2024-2025 
    
    Dec 13, 2024  
Academic Bulletin 2024-2025

SPAN 485 - Hispanic Film, From Text to Screen


Credits: 4
An exploration of the adaptation of Latin American, Spanish, or Caribbean texts brought to the screen. Students examine short stories, journalistic accounts, novels, and/or screenplays and their filmic counterparts as an inquiry into the nature of verbal and visual representation. Special thematic focus may be given to the importance of construct of gender, class, or national identity in relation to the film’s or text’s specific context. Projects include book and film reviews, textual adaptation, or the shooting of a short film with digital cameras.

Prerequisite: Three 300-level courses in Spanish.

Distribution Requirements: HE, ME.