View Specification DocumentPower And Marginality In Latin America HISP4026
- Academic Session: 2026-27
- School: School of Modern Languages and Cultures
- Credits: 20
- Level: Level 4 (SCQF level 10)
- Typically Offered: Runs Throughout Semesters 1 and 2
- Available to Visiting Students: Yes
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
- Curriculum For Life: No
Short Description
This course discusses a selection of texts which expose paradigms of power in Latin America, assessing their aesthetic portrayal as well as their place in cultural history. It also considers the debate regarding the portrayal of power and marginality in Latin America using various key texts.
Timetable
20x1hr seminars over both semesters as scheduled in MyCampus.
This is one of the honours options in SMLC and may not run every year. The options that are running this session are available on MyCampus.
Requirements of Entry
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.
Excluded Courses
None
Co-requisites
None
Assessment
The standard assessments for this course are:
■ Time-limited assignment to be completed over a 4-day period at the end of semester 1 (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.
■ There is no alternative to the Essay, but flexible deadlines 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.
Main Assessment In: April/May
Course Aims
This course will provide the opportunity to:
■ discuss a selection of texts which expose paradigms of power in Latin America, assess its aesthetic portrayal as well as its place in cultural history;
■ consider the debate regarding the portrayal of power and marginality in Latin America and consider texts whose sources are both non-fictional and fictional.
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of the course students will be able to:
■ read and critically assess a specific body of writing which deals with the question of power and marginality;
■ engage with and critically analyse the ideas linked to power paradigms in Latin America;
■ discuss critically the aesthetics of texts that deal with the different extremes of hegemony and marginality which are produced in Latin America.