Transition in Spain and Latin America
S07
Sonia Perez Villanueva, Jonathan Pitcher
Spain’s transition to democracy following Franco’s regime has stirred among the Spanish people a variety of emotions, opinions, and ideologies. Over the past two centuries, in a perpetual movement toward democratic independence, Latin America has confronted similar ruptures in tradition and experimented with a variety of revolutionary discourses to project its past into the future. This course will read the postcolonial back into the European episteme and vice-versa, exploring how Spaniards and Latin Americans have given voice to their views on political transitions, both democratic and otherwise. Students will have the opportunity to participate in research led by the instructors. Pronunciation will be refined through discussion and debate. Writing skills will be developed through weekly critical essays. Students will develop their independent thinking through the research process of a final project relevant to the objective of understanding Spanish and Latin American transitions.