Major Learning Outcome 3
MLO 3 Literary and Cultural Knowledge
Students develop a reasonable understanding of the ways of thinking (ideas, beliefs, attitudes, values, philosophies), the behavioral practices (patterns of social interactions), and the cultural products – both tangible and intangible (for example, art, history, literature, music) — of Hispanic societies.
Students develop a reasonable understanding of the ways of thinking (ideas, beliefs, attitudes, values, philosophies), the behavioral practices (patterns of social interactions), and the cultural products – both tangible and intangible (for example, art, history, literature, music) — of Hispanic societies.
I was able to meet MLO 3 with SPAN 304 and SPAN 306. In both of these classes we covered the history of both Latin America and Spain. In SPAN 304, I had the chance of being introduced to the different literary movements there were in Spain and Latin America. It was interesting to see how Modernism was the first literary movement to come from Latin America. Poets like Amado Nervo and Ruben Darío were from this movement. In fact they were large contributors to this movement. It was interesting to see how the works from this movement didn't have the objective of bringing awareness to certain issues going on. The works were all about the art for the art. Another movement that stood out was Mysticism. One of the poets from this movement was Santa Teresa. She uses her poetry to talk about her desire of wanting to be united with god. She finds herself conflicted because she wants to be with god now, but can't. She can't kill herself because this goes against her religion and is considered a sin. I gained this knowledge through a presentation we gave in the course. Although the poets were great, I enjoyed reading narrative passages, like Rosario Ferré's, La Muñeca Menor. Here she uses the fictional characters of her passage to talk about how Puerto Rico was exploited by the United States. I came to understand this by writing an essay about her work.
In SPAN 306 we covered Latin America's history, in regards to early civilizations, politics, economy, and geography. Before this course I had no idea that the mayans mathematically introduced the number 0. I also learned that the United States has been involved with Latin America for a long time. Each time the United States has involved itself, its for their economic interests. One thing that was hard to understand was Simón Bolívar's, Carta de Jamaica. Before this course I had no idea that Bolívar formed la Gran Colombia. The state included Panama, Venezuela, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador. In his Carta de Jamaica, Bolivar talks about this using a lot of vocabulary that isn't like the vocabulary we use today. With respect to its economy, I enjoyed learning about Guatemala and its capital gain with products like sugar and bananas. In terms of geography, it was amazing to see how big the Amazon river is. But overall I liked reading about Latin Americas history in regards to its early civilizations, politics, economy and geography.
In SPAN 306 we covered Latin America's history, in regards to early civilizations, politics, economy, and geography. Before this course I had no idea that the mayans mathematically introduced the number 0. I also learned that the United States has been involved with Latin America for a long time. Each time the United States has involved itself, its for their economic interests. One thing that was hard to understand was Simón Bolívar's, Carta de Jamaica. Before this course I had no idea that Bolívar formed la Gran Colombia. The state included Panama, Venezuela, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador. In his Carta de Jamaica, Bolivar talks about this using a lot of vocabulary that isn't like the vocabulary we use today. With respect to its economy, I enjoyed learning about Guatemala and its capital gain with products like sugar and bananas. In terms of geography, it was amazing to see how big the Amazon river is. But overall I liked reading about Latin Americas history in regards to its early civilizations, politics, economy and geography.
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