SPA 336 - U.S. Hispanic Theatre and Performance

Paralleling the steady rise over the recent decades of the Hispanic population, a growing number of playwrights and performance groups seek to stage, represent, and visibilize the experiences what it means to live and create as a Latina/o/x living in the United States. In this course we will read a selection of plays that explore topics related to bilingualism and linguistic identity, familial relations, politics, gender and sexuality, and migration. We will examine the ways in which these dramatists mix Spanish and English within their texts in order to showcase how a bilingual experience relates to the process of identity formation and the negotiation of social and interpersonal relationships. We will complement these plays with performance groups and artists in order to expand our ways of ‘seeing’ art, and explore how performance can provide an alternative method of artistic expression and production. 

Satisfies Hispanic Studies major and minor requirement.
Satisfies Visual and Performing Arts Requirement
Satisfies Cultural Diversity requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
Conducted in Spanish.

Prerequisites & Notes
Spanish 260 and 270, 271, 272 or their equivalents.