This course will introduce the graduate student to the techniques of literary and film analysis, critical thinking, reading, and interpreting Hispanic literary texts. It is divided into four segments, each of which is devoted to the analytic strategies pertinent to one major genre: narrative, poetry, drama, and cinema. Each student will write several papers and actively participate in class discussions. (1 unit)

Required texts: Antonio Sobejano-Morán, Tornasol. Guía para la interpretación de textos literarios y cine. 2nd ed. Panda Publications/ Wilkes Barre: Pennsylvania, 2017. ISBN:978-0-981-8392-4-0; Yuri Herrera, Señales que precederán al fin del mundo. Periférica, 2001. ISBN 10: 8492865067 ISBN 13: 9788492865062. Carreno section –La visa es sueno (Catedra Edition).