SPLT 050 A-Z - (LT) Contemporary Debates in the Spanish-Speaking World

Semester Hours: 3

Current Special Topics

SPLT 050N - Mutants & Monsters: New Lit Lat

Narco-westerns, cyber-punk epics, gothic tales. Latin American younge writers producing fiction about the great challenges of our times.

Same as LACS 015E  

SPLT 050S - (CC,IS) Latin American Spanish in the U.S.

This course explores the presence of the Spanish language in the United States and its relationship to Latinx identity, culture, and literature. What does it mean to speak Spanish in the U.S.? Is there a distinctive U.S. Spanish variety? What is “Spanglish,” and what does bilingualism really entail? Through close readings of selected passages from two contemporary novels, we will examine the sociolinguistic, cultural, and literary dimensions of Spanish in contact with English. Students will analyze how language shapes questions of migration, belonging, ethnicity, and national identity, while also considering broader debates about linguistic diversity and cultural change in the United States.

Same as LACS 016J  

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. 

View Course Offering(s):

Summer Session I 2026

Summer Session II 2026

Summer Session III 2026

Fall 2026