Course Description: Students work with the instructor and WLC faculty advisors to research, synthesize, write, and present their Capstone projects. Students also assemble a Graduation e-Portfolio reflecting how each MLO was met. This course is required for all Japanese, Spanish and World Languages and Cultures majors. (Offered Spring semester.)
Course Narrative: The WLC 400 course was the integration of my cultural, linguistic and literary knowledge to culminate my Capstone project on The Evolution of the Feminine Figure in Pandora's Papers (1976) by Rosario Ferré. The process of creating this research was time-consuming and complex. However, having had a literary context about the author and the collection of stories was very beneficial to complete it. What moved us to work on this issue were the previous studies on the same work based solely on machismo nevertheless, we observed a great potential to counterargue the previous studies by observing the points that highlighted the empowerment of women in the twentieth century through Ferre's feminist literature. The group composed of Leonel Rúa, Ana López and me carried out the project through the evolution of women in the frameworks: socioeconomic, sexual and autonomous of women in Puerto Rico. In our findings we found that through these three areas the woman had achieved independence in the patriarchal picture however because the feminist movements were still to begin Ferré showed an alternative freedom through the polysemic symbol of the doll. Among the stories studied were: The Youngest Doll, Amalia, When Women Love Men, and The Poisoned Story. Through each story it is possible to appreciate the evolution of women through the labels and gender roles designated for women of this time. Among these we find: the angel of the home, the prostitute and the pejorative term whore. This research contributes to the female empowerment of the twentieth century but also to exhibit the beginning of the feminist movements that were unleashed in the 70s. Another great part of this class was finishing the creation of my E-portfolio, where I present my learning experience during my time in the Spanish Program at CSUMB as the result of my successful completion of my B.A in Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures.
Course Narrative: The WLC 400 course was the integration of my cultural, linguistic and literary knowledge to culminate my Capstone project on The Evolution of the Feminine Figure in Pandora's Papers (1976) by Rosario Ferré. The process of creating this research was time-consuming and complex. However, having had a literary context about the author and the collection of stories was very beneficial to complete it. What moved us to work on this issue were the previous studies on the same work based solely on machismo nevertheless, we observed a great potential to counterargue the previous studies by observing the points that highlighted the empowerment of women in the twentieth century through Ferre's feminist literature. The group composed of Leonel Rúa, Ana López and me carried out the project through the evolution of women in the frameworks: socioeconomic, sexual and autonomous of women in Puerto Rico. In our findings we found that through these three areas the woman had achieved independence in the patriarchal picture however because the feminist movements were still to begin Ferré showed an alternative freedom through the polysemic symbol of the doll. Among the stories studied were: The Youngest Doll, Amalia, When Women Love Men, and The Poisoned Story. Through each story it is possible to appreciate the evolution of women through the labels and gender roles designated for women of this time. Among these we find: the angel of the home, the prostitute and the pejorative term whore. This research contributes to the female empowerment of the twentieth century but also to exhibit the beginning of the feminist movements that were unleashed in the 70s. Another great part of this class was finishing the creation of my E-portfolio, where I present my learning experience during my time in the Spanish Program at CSUMB as the result of my successful completion of my B.A in Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures.
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