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This course will introduce students to several key texts from Latina/o cultural production. It will also introduce a key question in contemporary cultural and plant studies analyses: how plants are represented in Latina/o American narrative from colonial to contemporary times? To this end we will study chronicles, poems, novels, plays, short stories and audio-visual narratives that have had a broad impact in the Spanish and English-speaking world. It will investigate how the plants from these stories have an influence in these narratives.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 3 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course will introduce students to several key texts from Latina/o cultural production. It will also introduce a key question in contemporary cultural and plant studies analyses: how plants are represented in Latina/o American narrative from colonial to contemporary times? To this end we will study chronicles, poems, novels, plays, short stories and audio-visual narratives that have had a broad impact in the Spanish and English-speaking world. It will investigate how the plants from these stories have an influence in these narratives.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 15 | |
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| Feedback |
Oral and written feedback. |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 70 | |
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Written and Oral feedback. |
Word Count | 2000 | |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 15 | |
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Oral and written feedback. |
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There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Feedback | Written | |||
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| Factual | Remember | ILOs for this course can be found in the school course guide |
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