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Class number:
3037
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Title: Humanities on the Edge |
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Department: Language and Culture Studies |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 19 |
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Current enrollment: 9 |
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Available seats: 10 |
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Start date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 |
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End date: Friday, May 9, 2025 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM, SH - T302 |
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Instructor(s): Hubert, Rosario |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities and Global Requirements |
Course Description:
Zombis, fossils, aliens, final fews; Latin American contemporary culture teems with representations of human forms on the edge. Whether it is science fiction obsessed with human extinction, refugee narratives that challenge notions of alienness, or curatorial practices that advocate for an ethics of human remains, various artistic manifestations from the present challenge us to reconsider the meaning of humanity in terms of the humanist tradition. This advanced seminar in Spanish explores current disciplinary and theoretical approaches in literature, history, and philosophy that define the limits of human life as well as the tools we use to interpret it. Works include those by Schweblin, Nieva, Luiselli, Guzmán, Trías, and Moguillansky. |