Easy class, 20 discussion posts throughout but you're only expected to do 10. Two papers which he grades a bit harshly on, i've never gotten under a 90 on an essay and I got an 84. Has two pop quizzes to try to get you to attend lecture and the lectures are pretty boring. There's a lot of books and films to view/read.

Professor Prieto is one of the best at UCSB. This was my first comparative literature class, and as someone who enjoys writing, I was amazed at the content we covered. The essay prompts are manageable if you keep up with the readings. Prieto is accessible via email which was helpful when he read over my theses. Overall, great class!

I appreciated how Prieto engaged with students when he asks for participation. He listens very genuinely to what his students have to say and adds meaningful commentary which I believe is the reason people kept participating even in a daunting 100+ ppl lecture hall. As a bad writer, this was a doable A, but def read and go to class!

I took CLIT 171 and was blown away by how interesting and engaging this course is. I took this course on a whim, but Professor Prieto was an amazing and funny lecturer. You can tell that he is passionate about this course, and all of the reading materials are very interesting, I never got bored reading the books/watching the films.

I took Prieto's class last year and loved it! He's very dedicated to the material which made the class super interesting. Highly recommend

Great guy who cares about his students, but his class was awful for these reasons: 1)NO STRUCTURE or clear grading criteria. 2) extra credit is a SCAM he keeps in your "file"; no real grade given for the HOURS & HOURS of extra credit I did. 3) Two essays worth 50 & 40% that are graded harshly (20 of 180+ people got As) with highly specific prompts.