SPLT 050 A-Z - (LT) Contemporary Debates in the Spanish-Speaking WorldSemester Hours: 3
Periodically
These courses deal with specific issues, themes, genres, or authors in the Spanish-speaking world. Class readings and discussions are in English.
Current Special Topics
SPLT 050J: (LT) EMPIRES CRASH: MEXICO CITY
The now 500-year-old defeat of the Aztec Empire produced such enormous changes in the world´s political, economic, environmental, and cultural histories, that climate scientists discuss the beginning of a new geological era –the Anthropocene—as an after effect of the fall of the city of Mexico-Tenochtitlan to the hands of Spanish Conquistadores. Nothing, from everyday human diet to global commerce would be the same. In this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of a class, we will study the consequences of the five centuries-old epic fall of Tenochtitlan, reviewing the exchanges, clashes, and resistances that gave birth to the first modern city in the continental Americas. Exchanges, clashes, and resistances produced by the 500-year-old fall of Tenochtitlan and the birth of modern Mexico City.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
May be repeated for credit when topics vary. As individual subjects are offered, each is assigned a letter (A-Z) which is affixed to the course number. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule. May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. (Formerly Special Topics in Spanish and Latin American Literature in Translation.)
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