Throughout the year the Spanish & Hispanic Studies sponsors several events. Below you will find information regarding these events. Come and join us!
November: Día de los Muertos
Come learn about this beautiful holiday! Guest speakers and traditional food will be provided.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND, ESCALANTE HALL, ROOM 318 3:30 - 4:30 PM
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Professor Sofía León: [email protected]
October: Humor and Translation
Dr. Will Carr, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SPANISH TRANSLATION, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
MIGUEL GILA: THE COMEDIAN WHO "KILLED" THE CAUDILLO: "WAR OF LIES" AGAINST FRANCISCO FRANCO'S DICTATORSHIP
How did Gila manage to ridicule Spain's dictatorial regime and get the dictator to laugh at it? To attempt an answer to this question, we will take a brisk tour through humor studies, take a rest stop to explore the conflicts in 20th-Century Spanish humor, and finally examine the overlapping metaphors of work, play, and warfare in Gila's star-making monologue. (Fair warning: E.B. White reportedly wrote that "Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.")
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27TH ESCALANTE HALL, ROOM 243 3:30 - 4:30 PM
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: DR. TYLER ANDERSON [email protected]