Beasts, Monsters, Humans: Alterity and Hybridity in Hispanic Literature

Beasts, Monsters, Humans is an introduction to Otherness in the Spanish-speaking world. In this course, a variety of Hispanic texts, ranging from the canonical to the experimental will be analyzed through various critical lenses drawing from bioethical, ecocritical, postmodern, and gender and race critical theory. Students will explore the ever-changing nature of the label “person” across a myriad of contexts and examine who bestows the label, and what the consequences are for those denied the privilege.