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3.00 Credits
Analysis of Miguel de Cervantes's masterpiece. A reading of the Quijote in English before taking the course is recommended. Prerequisite: A 200-level literature course. Four credit hours. L.
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4.00 Credits
A consideration of how the classic detective story has permeated the realm of high or respectable art, and, in particular, how writers such as Bioy Casares, Borges, GarcÃa Márquez, Le ero, Padura Fuentes, Puig, Sábato, Valenzuela, and Vargas Llosa have simultaneously appropriated and subverted the genre. While focused on the function of parody and intertextual relations, and on the distinction between the mimetic and the reflexive modes, the course will provide a framework to address questions of ideology, community, gender, sex, and sexuality. Previously offered as Spanish 39 8. Prerequisit e: A 200-level literature course in Spanis h. Four credit hours . L
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of texts and iconography produced to report, understand, legislate, and record the various dimensions of the cultural encounter during the 16th and 17th centuries. Emphasizes the efforts by Europeans and Amerindians to control the memory of events and to position themselves in colonial society. Close readings of representative primary documents from all parts of the colonial Spanish world. Prerequisite: A 200-level literature course. Four credit hours. L.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of representative authors from the literature of the conquest and the colonial period. Of principal interest will be the ways in which this selected colonial textual production "imagines" the individual, collective, political, cultural, and historical experiences in the shaping of New World identities. These different topoi will have a long-lasting presence in Europe and Latin America. Prerequisite: A 200-level literature course. Four credit hours. SILVA GUALTEROS
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3.00 Credits
An analysis of the function of the marginalized in 15th- to 17th-century Spanish literature. Requires a solid understanding of the societies that created and re-created the marginalized in order to expose the role played by the dominant ideology during the broad historical period covered. At the same time, examines how this ideology informs the presentation and judgment of literary characters and of the the texts themselves. Prerequisite: A 200-level literature course. Four credit hours. BOLLO-PANADERO
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3.00 Credits
The senior honors thesis will be undertaken in addition to all required courses for the major; it does not replace any part of the major. The thesis, which will be written in Spanish, is to be a substantial study of a carefully defined literary topic supported by critical sources. Prerequisite: A 3.7 or higher major average and an overall GPA of 3.5 or higher at the end of the junior year and permission of the department. Three credit hours. FACULTY
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3.00 Credits
Individual projects in areas where the student has demonstrated the interest and competence necessary for independent work. Cannot substitute for formal course work toward the major. Prerequisite: Permission of the department chair. Two to four credit hours. FACULTY
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3.00 Credits
A study of the history of nationalisms in Spain and the construction of identities through literature, art, film, and other forms of popular culture, tracing nationalist movements from the 19th century to the present. Special attention to issues of language, education, self-determination, self-definition, and terrorism. Taking into account the context and goals of the European Union, a critical look at the formation of the Basque, Catalan, Galician, and Spanish nations. Prerequisite: Senior standing and a 300-level literature course. Four credit hours. L. COLBERT
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3.00 Credits
Arguably the most important writer to come out of Revolutionary Cuba, Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990) was ostracized in his native country for his political views and gay sexuality. In 1980 he settled in the United States, where, after struggling with AIDS, he committed suicide 10 years later. While focused on close readings of Arenas's works, the seminar will provide a framework for discussing familial relations, sexual practices, gender performances, national identities, cultural politics, and the dynamics of exile and migration. Prerequisite: Senior standing and a 300-level literature course. Four credit hours. L. OLIVARES
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3.00 Credits
Noncredit. FACULTY
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