Objectives
This unit will primarily serve as an introduction to the world of Latin American literature and its adaptations to the big screen.
By the end of the unit, students will be able to:
- Read, understand, analyze, and interpret short stories or novel excerpts written by
- main Latin American literary figures such as García Márquez, Rulfo or Allende.
- Learn basic notions of film studies.
- Analyze and interpret movies comparing them with the original text to decide the point of view of a text or film, who the narrator is, etc.
- Learn and recognize basic viewing cues.
- Discuss and understand the relation between a literary work and its screen adaptation, their difficulties and connections
- Discuss and interpret main historical elements in Chile and México.
- Understand and interpret various cultural elements intrinsic to different countries in Latin America: Chile, Colombia and México.
- Identify and compare different music genres.
- Be able to read, understand and express an opinion about newspaper film reviews.
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