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This course will study a representative selection of non-fiction and documentary literature that has emerged in the twentieth century within Latin America.

20 x 1-hour sessions as scheduled on MyCampus.

This is one of the honours options in SMLC and may not run every year. The options which are running this session are available on MyCampus.

Available to all students fulfilling requirements for Honours entry into Spanish or Hispanic Studies, and by arrangement to visiting students or students of other Honours programmes.

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The standard assessments for this course are:

■ Time-limited assignment to be completed over a 4-day period (1,500 words) - 50%

■ Essay (2,000 words) - 50%

If required, for instance where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, the following alternatives are available:

■ There is no alternative to the time-limited assignment, but extra time can be offered as reasonable adjustment (students should follow the usual process for examination adjustments).

■ There is no alternative to the essay, but an extension to the deadline can be offered as reasonable adjustment (students should follow the usual process for extensions).

Further reasonable adjustments may be provided where necessary. Students are encouraged to consult with the course convenor.

It is the default expectation that all courses will offer opportunities for reassessment or deferred assessment. Where it is not possible to offer this in some assessment components, the grade achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade, and any exceptions for this course are described below.

[No exceptions]

This course will provide the opportunity to:

■ study a representative selection of non-fiction and documentary literature that has emerged in the twentieth century within Latin America;

■ create a broader understanding of historical and intellectual preoccupations in Latin America in this period;

■ engage with documentary and non-fiction writing on Latin America

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ analyse the historical and political contexts as well as a range of intellectual preoccupations of the periods studied;

■ discuss the cultural and ideological significance of the texts analysed;

■ relate the issues around documentary and non-fiction writing to social context of modern-day Latin America;

■ produce well-supported and well-referenced written and oral arguments on course topics.