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6.00 Credits
Promotes proficiency in reading and writing as well as oral performance. SPAN-UA 20 is an intensive intermediate course that covers the equivalent of one year of intermediate Spanish (SPAN-UA 3 and SPAN-UA 4) in one semester. Completion of this course fulfills the MAP foreign language requirement. Quechua Quechua is the most important and widely spoken indigenous language in Latin America. Increasing numbers of Quechua speakers have migrated to Spain, Italy, and the United States (especially in New Jersey and New York City). The goal in the four-course sequence is communication in Quechua, which is emphasized in all of the classroom activities. The approach uses all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Successful completion of Intermediate Quechua II (SPAN-UA 84) fulfills the MAP language requirement.
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to literary and cultural analysis through close reading of and writing about texts from Spain and Spanish America.
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4.00 Credits
Students reflect on the creative process while developing their own writing. Students read exemplary poems and short stories by Latin American and Spanish authors, and expand writing skills through related exercises.
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4.00 Credits
Chronicles of the encounter between Spain and non- European cultures. Diaries and memoirs of explorers and travelers such as Columbus, Bernal DÃaz de Castillo, el Inca Garcilaso, and Cabeza de Vaca. Pre-Hispanic Literature: The World of the Aztecs,
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4.00 Credits
Review of grammar, language structure, and culture, concentrating on fluency and accuracy through listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities. After completion of this course, students take SPAN-UA 4.
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4.00 Credits
Explores the Iberian Atlantic world, from Islamic Spain and indigenous America to the era of Spanish and Portuguese conquest and colonization, to understand how the Iberian Peninsula, Western Africa, and the Americas were tied to one another in a vast oceanic inter-culture.
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4.00 Credits
Provides an introduction to the making of modern Latin America through the study of key cultural practices in literature, visual art, film, and performance from the 19th century to the present. The course is organized around key concepts, which may vary by semester and by instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures Provides an introduction to the making of modern Spain through the study of key cultural practices in literature, visual art, film, and performance from the 19th century to the present. The course is organized around key concepts, which may vary by semester and by instructor. Advanced Courses When the following courses are taught in Spanish, they carry as a prerequisite Critical Approaches: Reading, Writing, and Textual Analysis (SPAN-UA 200). Chronicles and Travel Literature of the
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4.00 Credits
Students refine their skills in poetry writing through collaborative work and individual guidance from the instructor, and through close reading of individual poems, excerpts from poetry collections, and complete books of poems written by contemporary Latin American and Spanish poets. Advanced Fiction and Nonfiction Workshop in
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4.00 Credits
Students refine their skills in fiction and nonfiction writing through close reading of short stories, a novella, and personal essays and excerpts from testimonies and autobiographies written by contemporary Latin American and Spanish authors. Fiction and nonfiction prose are studied side by side, to analyze specific techniques and structures of each particular form. Foundation Courses Critical Approaches: Reading, Writing, and
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