SPAN 3355
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SPAN 3355
Course Description
Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.
In Imagined Communities (1983), Benedict Anderson famously argued that nations are "imagined political communities." Taking Anderson's claim as a point of departure, this course explores the different cultural, political, and social mechanisms at play in the act of imagining a nation, and the ways in which art shapes and challenges how a nation imagines itself. We will focus on Venezuelan literature, film, and historically defined its national identity: oil. As we discuss works of Venezuelan literature, film and performance in dialogue with the vast theoretical corpus that engages with oil's philosophical, economic, and social dimensions, we will ask: How do natural resources shape a nation's identity? How does oil transform nations into "magical states"? What are the challenges of narrating, representing, and living with oil?
When Offered Spring.
Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: SPAN 2140, SPAN 2150, SPAN 2170, SPAN 2180, or CASE Q++, or permission of instructor.
Distribution Category (ALC-AS, CA-AS)
Language Requirement Satisfies Option 1.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Uris Hall 302
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Troconis Gonzalez, I
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: SPAN 2140, SPAN 2150, SPAN 2170, SPAN 2180, or CASE Q++, or permission of instructor.
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