Robert C. Manteiga (Ph.D., University of Virginia) is Professor of Hispanic Studies and Comparative Literature of the University of Rhode Island and directs the Comparative Literature Studies Program and the Spanish International Engineering Program. Professor Manteiga earned his doctorate in Spanish from the University of Virginia.  He is a published scholar in the fields of 20th Century Spanish and Comparative Literatures, and has served as editor/consultant for several literary journals, including Modern Language Studies and CHOICE.  His research interests include Spanish experimental theater, women's narrative, 20th Century poetry, and the Spanish Avant-Garde.  He has taught several Spanish film courses including the Films of Carlos Saura and Hispanic Stereotypes in Fiction and Film.

COURSE OFFERING ANNOUNCEMENT
Spring 2005

CLS 450/SPA 570
Hispanic Stereotypes in Fiction and Film
Professor Manteiga

Meets Wednesdays from 4-6:45 in Independence 308

This course will examine four major groups of Hispanic-Americans from a historical/social/cultural perspective, comparing and contrasting the reality of their situation with the stereotypes that have been projected through fiction and film. The four major Hispanic groups to be studied include the Mexican-Americans of the Borderland region (the Southwest), the Chicanos from the East Los Angeles area, the Puertorriqueˆ±os of the Northeast (NYC), and the Cubano-Americanos (Florida).

Novels will include:

Oscar Acosta, Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo
Oscar Hijuelos, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
Danny Santiago, Famous All Over Town
Piri Thomas, Down These Mean Streets

Films will include:

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
Born in East LA
Havana
The Mambo Kings
Scarface
West Side Story
Zoot Suit

COUNTS TOWARD CLS MAJOR AND FILM STUDIES MINOR