SPAN 397 - Peninsular Seminar

Institution:

Washington and Lee University

Subject:

Spanish

Description:

Prerequisites: SPAN 215 and 220. A seminar focusing on a single period, genre, motif, or writer. The specific topic will be determined jointly according to student interest and departmental approval. Recent topics have included “The Female Voice in Hispanic Literature,” “19th- and 20th-Century Spanish drama,” “Women Writers of the Golden Age,” and “Romanticism and the Generation of ‘98.” May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different. Topic for Winter 2011: SPAN 397: Antonio Machado, Poeta (3). A critical approximation to the poetry of the 20th-century Spanish poet Antonio Machado. Students approach the work thematically to include various major poetic episodes in the life of Machado including his Modernist period, his exploration of the “the two Spains”, his personal reflections on love and life, and his attachment to Castile. Biographical, cultural and historical contexts are examined to provide a background for Machado’s particular poetic expression. (HL) Boetsch.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wlu.edu/

Phone Number:

(540) 458-8400

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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