This course will examine and analyze selections of prose, poetry, and drama from the islands of the English-speaking Caribbean. Students will consider the texts in light of the socio-cultural values and concerns of the colonial, postcolonial, and contemporary years.

This course will study the complexity of the interrelationship between film and literature as a means to develop a more critical sense of film and literary analysis. Ethical values in the reading discussions will be examined, as well as in the essays that are written in the course. Special emphasis on the artistic and literary work of the Puerto Rican Diaspora in the States.

Critical discussion of the main debates in the social sciences. Analyzes the major transformations of the contemporary world in the social, cultural, political, economic and environmental spheres. It studies the dynamic role played by the individual in these scenarios and in the processes of change. Through dialogue and discussion of divergent positions, it provides students with the necessary tools to deepen their social analysis. The student develops activities linked to the external community in such a way as to demonstrate the relevance of this course in the general education component.

This course aims to work with the learner as an intercultural speaker. The course will be developed through the presentation of the material and the learning process in three phases: approach, deepening and consolidation. The intercultural speaker must be able to identify the relevant aspects of the new culture to which he/she gains access through Spanish and establish bridges between the culture of origin and that of Puerto Rico. This course corresponds to the second stage of the process of learning a second language and therefore reinforces what was presented in the first level with more complex explanations and examples that break the general rules.