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3.00 Credits
Prof. Bass, Prof. Sullivan. Readings and discussions of selected dramatic, poetic, and prose works of the Siglo de Oro by Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, Calderón, Quevedo and Góngora. Note: This course satisfies the pre-twentieth-century requirement.
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Prof. Avelar, Prof. Dangler, Prof. Gómez, Prof. Miller, Prof. Pavlovic, Prof. Bass, Prof. Rivera-DÃaz. This class explores the history, artistic production, literature, and cultural issues related to a Hispanic city, such as Buenos Aires, Madrid, Mexico City, or Seville. In an effort to investigate the city in a broad national and international context, the course connects an urban area to important events and sites in Latin American and Spain. Taught in rotation by different faculty in the department, the focus on a particular city changes with the professor.
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Dangler, Prof. Bass, Prof. Pavlovic, Prof. Davis. Spanish cultural studies applies interdisciplinary approaches to the study of popular and mass cultural forms. Depending on the instructors’ specialization, the course may encompass various chronological periods or special themes. In addition to the specifics of individual syllabi, all classes explore the role of culture in nation formation, the organization of leisure time through the culture industry, culture as a site of power, concepts of high and low culture, and how various cultural systems cut across boundaries of class, race, religion, and gender.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. A detailed historical, thematic, and stylistic analysis of individual national cinemas in Latin America (Cuban cinema, Brazilian cinema, Mexican cinema, for example). Emphasis will be placed on understanding the development of national cinema industries and movements in the context of other social, economic, political, and aesthetic forces. May be repeated for credit if the national cinema studied is different. COMM 419, Intro to Latin American Cinema, is highly recommended, although not a prerequisite. (Same as COMM 4610.)
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Avelar, Prof. Charles, Prof. Miller, Prof. Shea. A study of Spanish and/or Latin American literary works in translation within a specific interdisciplinary topics format based on a central theme or problem. To receive credit toward the Spanish major or minor, all written work and selected weekly readings must be completed in Spanish.
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Amy George-Hirons, Prof. Howard. Pre-requisite: 400-level sequence. A general survey of applied linguistics, teaching and testing methodology, and language laboratory use.
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Sullivan. Pre-requisite: 400-level sequence. A basic undergraduate introduction to the theory and praxis of writing term papers, Senior theses, or longer research projects according to the norms of the Modern Language Association Style Sheet. Emphasis on bibliographical documentation, methods of citation and annotated bibliographies. The course also includes a panoramic introduction to contemporary literary theory and methods of literary analysis (neo-positivism, formalism, phenomenology, reception theory, psychoanalytic criticism, feminism, Marxism, post-colonialism, cultural studies).
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Howard. Pre-requisite: 400-level sequence. This course is to teach students about the sociology of language from specific cases of language content and bilingualism in the Spanish-speaking world. Student learn about Spanish in many varied social settings, as well as about first and second language acquisition; language maintenance, shift, and death; code switching; speech production and processing; and bilingual education and language policy.
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Howard. Pre-requisite: 400-level sequence. The purpose of this course is to assist future teachers interested in second language learning and teaching, both in terms of theoretical issues and practical implications. Subject varies every semester.
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Charles. Pre-requisite: 400-level sequence. This course satisfies the pre-twentieth-century requirement. An examination of early colonial writings that memorialized and debated the status of American peoples and cultures. Ethnographic accounts of European and Creole authors are read together with indigenous testimonies, with focus on topics such as: noble savagery, the debates on the ‘just’ causes for military conquest, European perceptions of indigenous languages and religious practices, and the confrontation between oral tradition and written culture.
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