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History, Literature and Cultures of the Americas. School of Comparative American Studies University of Warwick. The Degree. 4 years 1st yr - introductions to History and Literature of the Americas, and to Spanish 2 nd yr - 4 optional modules 3 rd yr - Year Abroad
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History, Literature and Cultures of the Americas School of Comparative American Studies University of Warwick
The Degree • 4 years • 1st yr - introductions to History and Literature of the Americas, and to Spanish • 2nd yr - 4 optional modules • 3rd yr - Year Abroad • 4th yr -2-3 optional modules & dissertation • Intake - 25 students in each year group
Options • Year 2 • Early American Social History (AM204) • The Cultural History of Food in Latin America (AM205) • Latin America Literature and Society (AM206) • Modern Mexico, 1810 to the Present (AM208) • American Historical Cinema (AM213) • Caribbean History: From Colonialism to Independence (AM217) • "The Country of the Future?" Introduction to the History of Modern Brazil (AM218) • Politics of the USA (PO207 PAIS) • Introduction to Film Studies (FI101 Film & TV) • US Writing and Culture (EN213 English) • Modern American Poetry (EN248 English) • Expatriation, Dispatriation and Modern American Writing (EN271 English) • Spanish • Year 4 • McCarthy to Elvis: America in the Fifties (AM401) • Slavery and Slave Life in the American South, 1619-1865 (AM407) • Histories of Gender in the Americas: Ladies, Wenches, Hombres and Machos (AM411) • The American West (AM414) • Slavery, Memory and Memorialisation (AM417) • A History of the Latin American Drug Trade (AM420) • Saints and Sinners, Devils and Demons: Popular Religion in Early Modern Spanish America (AM421) • Space, Place and Movement in Atlantic Slave Societies: Brazil, Cuba, West Africa, and the US, 1791-1888 (AM422) • US Foreign Policy (PO379 PAIS) • States of Damage (EN336 English) • Hollywood Cinema (FI102 Film & TV) • Spanish
Destinations • Canada: Toronto, Queens, British Columbia, McGill, McMaster, Waterloo • USA: California, Wisconsin, Connecticut, South Carolina, North Carolina and Vanderbilt • Caribbean: UWI Barbados • Chile: Santiago, Diego Portales • Argentina: Buenos Aires