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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Focuses on 20th-century Spain with special emphasis placed on the Spanish Civil War, the Franco régime, the transition to democracy, and Spain today. Areas covered include art and architecture as well as historical, political, cultural, social, and economic issues. The activities offered through the program are a complement to the course material. Staff from GRIIS, Granada Institute of International Studies.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: SPAN 245 or consent of the instructor. Discusses modern Spanish and Latin American playwrights who, faced with the limitations of a repressive society, seek liberation, freedom of expression, and new perspectives through the medium of the theater. Studies internationally acclaimed works by GarcÃa Lorca, Buero Vallejo, Sastre, Arrabal, and others. Cohen.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: SPAN 245 or consent. Introduces students to Spanish American and peninsular short fiction from the 20th century. Explores social, political, and aesthetic issues present in the work of authors, such as Quiroga, Cortázar, Rulfo, Cela, Benet, and Poniatowska. Topics include relationships between artists and society and portrayals of groups in crises. Bonacic.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: SPAN 245 or consent of the instructor. Critically examines texts including the conquest, the colonial era, the wars of independence, the dictatorships of the 20th century, and the present. Covers topics including Spanish views of America and its peoples, the role of writers as advocates for independence, the emergence of the gaucho, and the tension between literary expression and authoritarianism. Halty.
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2.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: SPAN 245 or consent of the instructor. Analyzes the changes and evolution of the religious, social, political, and cultural values of the Spanish bourgeoisie. Studies 19th-century realist writers such as Pérez Galdós, ClarÃn, and PardBazán, as well as 20th-century neorealists like MartÃn Gaite and Delibes. Peláez-Benitez.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: SPAN 245 or consent of the instructor. Introduces students to the culture of Spain through the ages, from the multicultural society in medieval Iberia to maestros such as El Greco, Velázquez, and Goya. Includes works by a wide variety of authors and explores music, dance, and film, as well as contemporary issues through newspapers and Internet sites. Peláez-BenÃtez.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: SPAN 245 or consent of the instructor. Studies the political, artistic, and intellectual history of the Spanish-speaking nations of the Western Hemisphere, in particular Mexico, Peru, and Argentina. Topics include the conquests of Mexico and Peru, BolÃvar and the fight for independence, the Mexican Revolution, the Cuban Revolution, and the dictatorships of the 1970s and 1980s. Halty.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: SPAN 245. Presents Hispanic culture, society and politics, as seen through the prism of cinema. Topic changes yearly. Open to non-majors. Peláez-BenÃtez.
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2.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: SPAN 264 or SPAN 266 or SPAN 268 or SPAN 269 or consent of the instructor. Explores Spain's major contributions to world literature, from short novels by Cervantes to the original macho Don Juan; from honor plays to the underworld of pimps and prostitutes. Views saints and scoundrels against the backdrop of the Golden Age, whose accomplishments and atrocities reflect the impact of the Spanish Inquisition. Cohen.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: SPAN 264 or SPAN 266 or SPAN 268 or SPAN 269 or consent of the instructor. Analyzes the first modern novel, Don Quijote de la Mancha, the classic whose timeliness and timelessness establish it as one of the masterpieces of Western literature. Explores how the knight and his squire come alive for the modern reader as they have for generations of authors indebted to Cervantes. Cohen.
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