UMD’s MA in Spanish Language and Literature provides students with advanced linguistic, literary, and cultural competencies. The program emphasizes Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian texts, postcolonial theory, translation studies, and Hispanic film. Students conduct interdisciplinary research and explore critical perspectives on identity, migration, and power. Ideal for careers in education, international relations, translation, or doctoral study, the program fosters cultural fluency and global understanding.
Translation and analysis of contemporary poetry from Chile and Argentina
Study of postcolonial themes in Cuban and Dominican short fiction
Narrative identity and migration in Mexican-American autobiographical writing
Comparative analysis of magical realism across Latin American authors
Feminist critique of female representation in Spanish Golden Age theatre
Exploring racial identity in Afro-Caribbean literature
Designing a curriculum module for teaching Spanish through Latin American cinema
Analysis of border literature and linguistic hybridity in the U.S.-Mexico context
Digital storytelling project on Hispanic oral traditions and folklore
Discourse analysis of political speeches from contemporary Spanish leaders
Study of environmental justice in Andean indigenous poetry
Narrative techniques in transatlantic novels from Spain and Latin America
Podcast series on regional dialects and sociolinguistics in Spanish-speaking countries
Analysis of LGBTQ+ identities in recent Latin American drama
Building a digital archive of women writers in the Spanish-speaking world
Design of an advanced Spanish conversation course for heritage speakers
Investigation of historical memory in post-Franco Spanish fiction
Comparative translation of Spanish-language journalistic essays
Study of identity and exile in literature from the Spanish Civil War diaspora
Visual culture and symbolism in contemporary Catalan graphic novels
Study Hispanic cultures, master the language, and explore the richness of global Spanish literature at UMD.
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