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As Spain was experiencing its Golden age in literature and art, the Spanish American colonies were undertaking their own artistic flourishing in architecture, literature and the visual arts in what is known as the Barroco de Indias. In this course, students will learn about Baroque poetics and aesthetics through an exploration of verse as well as the visual, artistic representation of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Once these foundational pieces are in place, we will become comediantes, or an acting troupe, reading and analyzing select comedias, or plays, from both sides of the Atlantic and acting them out in what we as a group deem the most appropriate representation of the dramatic piece. We will design/invent our own costumes and sets-at times in minimalist, symbolic ways-and rescript dialogue to create meaning for a contemporary audience. In our contemplation of performance and society, we will discuss the cultural and political implications of theater for contemporary Hispanic populations. If our performances are up to snuff, we may take one "on the road" for the Maccommunity. Prerequisites: 307 or permission of the instructor. (4 credits)
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Sixteenth and seventeenth century women writers were in constant dialogue with their male counterparts and dedicated much of their energy to debunking myths of female purity, passivity and ignorance. To this end, they created female protagonists of great strength and integrity. Exploring themes such as life in the convent, the mujer varonil and the mujer vestida de hombre, we will look at many peninsular as well as New World women authors who were busy challenging both social and aesthetic norms in their writing. Prerequisites: 307 or permission of instructor. (4 credits)
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The rise of modern fiction produced a series of remarkable novels in Latin America and Spain all throughout the 20th century and into the present. The course will focus primarily on the Latin American "Boom" from the 1960son. We will also study the appearance and enduring presence of postmodernism in Hispanic fiction. The course refines the analysis of literary works from a variety of perspectives (historical, political, social, ethical, aesthetic, etc.) and provides a comprehensive view of the evolution of Hispanic narrative from the dawn of modernity to the present. It targets those students who enjoy literature and believe in the pleasure of the text. Prerequisite: 307 or consent of the instructor. Alternate years. (4 credits)
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The course offers a panorama of Spanish culture from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the Civil War in 1936. It focuses on the evolution of literature and the arts during the periods of Romanticism, Realism, Modernism and the Avant-Garde, in an attempt to describe the faces of modernity in Spain. Authors that are usually studied include José Zorrilla, Rosalía de Castro, Benito Pérez Galdós, Emilia Pardo Bazán, MiguelUnamuno, Ramón María del Valle Includeán, José Ortega y Gasset, Luis Bu uel, and Federico García LorPrerequisite: 307 or consent of the instructor. Alternate years. (4 credits)
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The course offers an interdisciplinary approach to narrative that focuses on the cooperation between the written and the visual text. One example of this cooperation is how nineteenth-century painting influenced the novel. Another example deals with cinematic adaptations of narratives. We also consider the perennial dilemma of literal versus personal interpretation. Prerequisite: 307 or consent of the instructor. Alternate years. (4 credits)
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A study of representative plays from diverse authors and periods of contemporary Latin American and U.S. Latino theater, including student production and performance. Students read the scripts of plays alert for how they convey emotion, thought and meaning, and for how they might look and sound on a real stage with live actors, costumes, sets, props, lights, and sounds. Prerequisite: 307 or consent of the instructor. Alternate years. (4 credits)
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For centuries poetry has been used across all levels of Hispanic societies to explore the power of words to shape individual and national consciousness. The course examines the tradition of Hispanic poetry including the poetic tendencies from Modernism, to the Avant-Garde, to the poetry of social protest. Prerequisite: 307 or consent of the instructor. Alternate years. (4 credits)
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The course explores modern Hispanic cultural production in response to dictators, revolutions, and sociopolitical repression. Students read a variety of contemporary authors and analyze how they represent social realities in discourse that reflects and informs societal changes. Prerequisite: 307 or consent of the instructor. Alternate years. (4 credits)
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Western societies and literary traditions use parody to measure, shape, and change cultural values and identities. Parody is considered to be an amorphous genre that adapts itself and evolves in time, along with the cultural environments in which it exists. This course offers students the opportunity to examine the concept of parody and its application to specific narrative texts produced in the Hispanic world during its postmodern era. Texts examined include fiction and non-fiction, cinematic, and other multimedia arts. Prerequisite: 307 or consent of the instructor. Alternate years. (4 credits)
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An overview of the intricacies of advanced Spanish grammar, providing extensive oral and written practice to improve students' grammatical accuracy as well as their overall understanding of the structure of the language. Prerequisite: 305 or 309 or consent of the instructor. Alternate years. (4 credits)
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