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.
These are some classes I took that are part of this MLO:
HCOM 345 - Chicano Studies
SPAN 304 - Introduction to Hispanic Literature
SPAN 322 - Masterpieces of Hispanic Literature: Latin America & the Caribbean
SPAN 330 - Hispanic Testimonios
Before beginning at CSUMB, literature classes were never my favorite classes - while I enjoyed reading, I was never a fan of analyzing literature and poetry. This changed more drastically than I expected when I began as a student here. The first class that I took that fulfilled this MLO was HCOM 345 - Chicano Studies, taught by Professor David Serena. For the most part, I really enjoyed this class, as I learned a lot of new information and history. It got off to a rough start, as we learned about the Aztec/Mexica gods and language. I found this particularly difficult because I still did not consider myself to be even remotely fluent in Spanish, and all of a sudden, I was learning how to read and write in a whole different language. However, I did end up retaining a lot of the information about pronunciation of words in Nahuatl. I did really enjoy the cultural aspects of this class, as we learned about famous figures such as Tiburcio Vasquez, Cesar Chavez, and Dolores Huerta, the latter two whose lives I admire greatly.
We also take a lot of literature classes as part of this MLO, beginning with SPAN 304 in Fall 2018. This class, taught by Dr. Fernandez, reminded me of many high school English classes, but taught in Spanish. That is to say, we focused a lot on literary movements, famous authors and works, playwrights, and poets. We discussed at great length the tropes, figures, and themes present in Latin American literature, and poetic structure. This includes how to differentiate syllabic structures of poems, such as between Arte Mayor (8 or fewer syllables per verse) and Arte Mayor (9 or more syllables), or prose vs sonnets. Apparently, this information was valuable as I still remember it a year later. As part of the SPAN 322 course, I read the novel La Vorágine (The Vortex) by José Eustasio Rivera, on which you can see my presentation here. These were generally enjoyable classes; though I am still not the biggest fan of literature, I did learn quite a bit from the classes that form part of this MLO.
These are some classes I took that are part of this MLO:
HCOM 345 - Chicano Studies
SPAN 304 - Introduction to Hispanic Literature
SPAN 322 - Masterpieces of Hispanic Literature: Latin America & the Caribbean
SPAN 330 - Hispanic Testimonios
Before beginning at CSUMB, literature classes were never my favorite classes - while I enjoyed reading, I was never a fan of analyzing literature and poetry. This changed more drastically than I expected when I began as a student here. The first class that I took that fulfilled this MLO was HCOM 345 - Chicano Studies, taught by Professor David Serena. For the most part, I really enjoyed this class, as I learned a lot of new information and history. It got off to a rough start, as we learned about the Aztec/Mexica gods and language. I found this particularly difficult because I still did not consider myself to be even remotely fluent in Spanish, and all of a sudden, I was learning how to read and write in a whole different language. However, I did end up retaining a lot of the information about pronunciation of words in Nahuatl. I did really enjoy the cultural aspects of this class, as we learned about famous figures such as Tiburcio Vasquez, Cesar Chavez, and Dolores Huerta, the latter two whose lives I admire greatly.
We also take a lot of literature classes as part of this MLO, beginning with SPAN 304 in Fall 2018. This class, taught by Dr. Fernandez, reminded me of many high school English classes, but taught in Spanish. That is to say, we focused a lot on literary movements, famous authors and works, playwrights, and poets. We discussed at great length the tropes, figures, and themes present in Latin American literature, and poetic structure. This includes how to differentiate syllabic structures of poems, such as between Arte Mayor (8 or fewer syllables per verse) and Arte Mayor (9 or more syllables), or prose vs sonnets. Apparently, this information was valuable as I still remember it a year later. As part of the SPAN 322 course, I read the novel La Vorágine (The Vortex) by José Eustasio Rivera, on which you can see my presentation here. These were generally enjoyable classes; though I am still not the biggest fan of literature, I did learn quite a bit from the classes that form part of this MLO.
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