SPAN 340 - Fotografía y Ficción en L.A.

Unit(s): 4

In this course students acquire an appreciation of the ways in which aesthetic works contribute to the formation of cultural identity. Although literature is the primary material of this course, our understanding of literary language is achieved by reflecting on the language of photography. The contrast between the word and the image reveals that the limitations of one illustrate the possibilities of the other. Based on the conviction that reality is only understandable as a complex net of interconnections, sometimes paradoxical and irresolvable, texts and activities for this course reflect this complexity.

Prerequisite: SPAN 206
College of Arts and Sciences