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Spanish Studies (SP)
101. BEGINNING SPANISH I 3 cr. Intensive functional approach to the four
language skills in a cultural context. Classroom, multi media, computer
assisted instruction. Limited to students with no previous study of Spanish.
101R. SPANISH IN REVIEW 3 cr. Review of the fundamental structures and
skills for students with limited previous study of Spanish.
102. BEGINNING SPANISH II 3 cr. Prerequisite: SP 101, 101R, or equivalent.
Amplification of language skills in a cultural context. Added emphasis
on reading and writing.
201 202. INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I, II 3 cr. each Prerequisite: SP 102 or
equivalent. Further development of the four language skills for communication
in a cultural context; expansion of vocabulary, idiomatic usage, and grammar.
SP 201 or equivalent prerequisite for SP 202.
301. CONVERSATION IN SPANISH 3 cr. Development of communicative competence
in Spanish through oral practice and use of conversational strategies
and techniques.
302. WRITING IN SPANISH 3 cr. Development of writing ability in Spanish
through practice toward consolidation of independence in the use of the
written word.
305. SPANISH PHONOLOGY 3 cr. Systematic analysis and practice of the sounds
of spoken Spanish.
306. SPANISH FOR BUSINESS 3 cr. Acquisition of linguistic skills and a
sophisticated style for the business, legal, professional setting. Emphasis
on vocabulary, syntax, and idiomatic usage.
307. POPULAR CULTURES OF SPANISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES 3 cr. Latin American
and Spanish cultures as seen in carnival performance, music, dance, soap
operas, and films. Discussion of the politics of everyday practices associated
with these expressions, within sociopolitical processes of which they
are a part.
310. THE CINEMA OF SPANISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES 3 cr. Selected films from
Spain and/or Latin America as an expression of culture, civilization,
and language, or as a combination of these. Films, instruction, and class
discussion in Spanish.
311. PERSPECTIVES ON THE PEOPLE AND CULTURES OF SPAIN 3 cr. Development
of Spain, its people, and institutions from the origins to the present.
Various aspects of Spanish culture and intellectual development, especially
as found in language, literature, and art forms.
314. PERSPECTIVES ON NATIONS AND CULTURES OF LATIN AMERICA 3 cr. Development
of Latin American culture from colonial times to the present. Discussion
of basic institutions, political and socioeconomic patterns, the arts,
and folklore.
315. INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY ANALYSIS 3 cr. Introduction to critical
techniques for analysis of the principal literary forms: the narrative,
poetry, drama, and the essay. Texts chosen from various periods of both
Spanish and Latin American literature. Prerequisite for all other Spanish
literature courses. (SP 315 may, however, be taken simultaneously with
SP 325 or SP 327.)
321. ADVANCED SPANISH GRAMMAR 3 cr. Theory and practice of Spanish grammatical
structures based on everyday usage and on literary language. Guided and
creative exercises and compositions. Note: Spanish majors are strongly
encouraged to take SP 321 before taking 400-level courses.
325, 326. INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH LITERATURE 3 cr. each Prerequisite:
SP 315 (SP 325 may, however, be taken simultaneously with SP 315). SP
325: from the Middle Ages to the beginning of the 19th century. SP 326:
from the beginning of the 19th century to the present.
327, 328. INTRODUCTION TO LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE 3 cr. each Pre-requisite:
SP 315 (SP 327 may, however, be taken simultaneously with SP 315). SP
327: from the 16th century to the mid-20th century. SP 328: representative
contemporary literary texts.
399. SPECIAL TOPICS 1 3 cr. Occasional course on a selected topic announced
in advance.
407. TRANSLATION IN SPANISH 3 cr. Prerequisites: SP 301 and 302 or equivalent.
Methods and mechanics of translation; selection of proper tools. Comparison
and evaluation of translated texts.
427. CONTEMPORARY SPANISH AND LATIN AMERICAN POETRY 3 cr. Development
of poetry in Spain and Latin America since 1900.
429. RACE, IDENTITY, AND POLITICS IN AFRO HISPANIC LITERATURE 3 cr. Racial
constructs and the way peoples of African descent in Latin America and
the Caribbean respond to the question of racial identity and politics.
Exploration of Hispanic literary production in Equatorial Guinea, with
particular attention to the use of art as a weapon against political dictatorship.
432. ARABS, JEWS, AND CHRISTIANS FROM FRONTIER TO EMPIRE: MEDIEVAL SPANISH
LITERATURE 3 cr. Literary contributions of each of these cultures to the
creation and development of a discourse of Spain. Works examined include
Poema de mio Cid, Milagros de Nuestra Señora, Libro de buen amor,
El Conde Lucanor, Cancionero de Baena, La Celestina.
434. DRAMA OF THE GOLDEN AGE 3 cr. Development of the Spanish comedia
in the cultural context of the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
435. CERVANTES 3 cr. Study of the works of Cervantes, with special attention
to the Quijote and the Novelas ejemplares.
437. POETRY AND NARRATIVE OF THE GOLDEN AGE 3 cr. Poetry; the mystics;
the beginnings of the novel, with special emphasis on the picaresque.
463. POSTMODERN PROSE OF THE SOUTHERN CONE 3 cr. Postmodern fiction and
urban chronicles written in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay in the last
two decades, where the topics of exile and collective memory, marginality,
gender, and violence find expression in the post-dictatorship imagination.
464. LATIN AMERICAN SHORT STORY 3 cr. Exploration of major fictional trends
in the contemporary
short story in Latin America. Selections from among the following: Horacio
Quiroga, Jorge Luis Borges, Juan Rulfo, Julio Cortázar, Gabriel
García Márquez, Carlos Fuentes, Isabel Allende, and others.
477. VISIONS OF CONTEMPORARY SPAIN THROUGH DRAMA 3 cr. Innovative dramatic
works as manifestations of issues related to Spanish society since the
early 20th century: the Spanish Civil War and its effects, political repression
and the quest for freedom, gender and sexuality, memory, and strategies
toward artistic innovation.
478. CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN DRAMA 3 cr. Reading and analysis of representative
works of Latin American theatre since 1900.
482. TEXTS AND CONTEXTS OF ROMANTICISM, REALISM, AND NATURALISM 3 cr.
Major cultural and literary trends of 19th-century Spain. Emphasis on
ways in which these tendencies shape contemporary postmodern literature.
Selections from the following: Duque de Rivas (drama), Benito Pérez
Galdós and Emilia Pardo Bazán (novel), Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
(poetry).
484. LITERATURE OF MODERN SPAIN 3 cr. Outstanding writers from the Generation
of 1898 to the present.
498. ADVANCED SUPERVISED STUDY 3 cr. Supervised independent study on special
topics. For advanced students.
499. SPECIAL TOPICS 1 3 cr. Occasional course on a selected topic announced
in advance.
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