May 09, 2025  
Undergraduate Record 2015-2016 
    
Undergraduate Record 2015-2016 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

SPAN 4712 - Travelers in Latin America


In this course we will study diaries and accounts of travelers in Latin America since the first European got in contact with the continent for the first time  What did they see? What did they want to see? How did the describe it? How much influence their account had in the construction of continental imaginary. We will start with el Diario of Christopher Columbus, and finish with some diaries of today.
Prerequisite: SPAN 3010, 3300, and 3 credits of 3400-3430, or departmental placement



Credits: 3