Nov 23, 2024  
University Catalog 2014-2016 
    
University Catalog 2014-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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SPAN 4025 - Afro-Latin American and Louisiana Oral Traditions: West African Tales and their Transmission to the New World

(FREN 4025 , AADS 4025 ) A survey of oral traditions and how they reflect the social, cultural, and economic structures of the cultures from which they sprang. Through the identification of primary characters and a study of the changing roles that they play within the creative expressions of societies they represent, course participants will gain insights into the representation of social realities through the symbolic development of characters in folk tales and their interactions. Taught in English. (3, EXP)



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