SPA 411 - Travel and Transformation in Spain

Research-oriented seminar that examines cultural representations of travels and pilgrimages in Spain as transformational experiences for the individual.  This is a course about voyages, wanderings, quests, journeys, and pilgrimages both real and metaphorical.  We will examine individual and collective journeys as processes through which individuals leave the familiar and the comfortable and join a liminal space of transit and transition as they move towards an experience which ultimately transforms the self.  Interdisciplinary methodology to examine these concepts in an eclectic group of primary texts and artifacts from a variety of theoretical approaches across disciplines. Conducted in Spanish

Satisfies a major and minor requirement in Hispanic Studies.
Satisfies the Cultural Diversity requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
Unless given special permission, this class is limited to Juniors and Seniors.  Students must have already taken any two 300-level culture or literature classes in Spanish.  Enrollment priority is given to seniors and majors.