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  • Spanish 326: Translation:Public Affairs,the Law and Language Galindo

    3.00 - 4.00 Credits
    Whitman College

    This course is designed for students with an interest in Spanish-English translation in fields such as law, immigration, human rights, and development. Spanish-language literary texts and films will be used to explore the following topics: the uses of languages in the local and federal government, legal aid access, equality, and voter's rights. Special attention will be devoted to the Federal Court Interpreter Certification Examination. Stress will be given to class discussion. The course also requires student participation in collective translation project focused on public affairs. Taught in Spanish. Prerequisites: Spanish 306 or consent of instructor. Distribution area: humanities and alternative voices.
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  • Spanish 335: Introduction to Latino/a American Literatures and Cultures

    4.00 Credits
    Whitman College

    Staff A survey course that provides an understanding and appreciation of Latin America and U.S. Latino and Latina populations through language, literature, film, theater, culture, geography, history, economics, sociopolitical issues, folklore, and art. The different units in this course are geographically oriented, and they will focus on individual countries or particular groups. Writing skills will be refined by the completion of research papers, and communication skills will be developed further by class discussions and oral presentations. Taught in Spanish. Prerequisite: Spanish 306 or consent of instructor. Students who have previous work in Spanish are required to take a departmental placement examination for entrance. Note: Spanish 335 and 336 can be taken in any order.
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  • Spanish 336: Introduction to Spanish Literatures and Cultures

    4.00 Credits
    Whitman College

    Staff A survey course that provides an understanding and appreciation of Spain through language, literature, film, theater, culture, geography, history, economics, sociopolitical issues, folklore, and art. The different units in this course are thematically and regionally oriented. Writing skills will be refined by the completion of research papers, and communication skills will be developed further by class discussions and oral presentations. Taught in Spanish. Prerequisite: Spanish 306 or consent of instructor. Students who have previous work in Spanish are required to take a departmental placement examination for entrance. Note: Spanish 335 and 336 can be taken in any order.
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  • Spanish 421: Axis of Evil: Law and Literature in Latino America and the Carribean

    4.00 Credits
    Whitman College

    not offered 2008-09 This seminar focuses on the ways in which different aspects of the law are presented in Latino American and Caribbean literature. Topics to be discussed from the selected literary texts include: crimes and punishments, outlaws, penal systems, the death penalty, police and detective fictions, legality and illegality, and the uses of evidence. Students will be evaluated through papers, presentations, and participation. This course satisfies the Latin American Literature requirement or the U.S. Latino and Latina Literature and Culture requirement for the major in Spanish Literatures and Cultures. Taught in Spanish. Prerequisites: Spanish 306 or consent of instructor. Distribution area: humanities and alternative voices.
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  • Spanish 425: The Rise of Latinos in the U

    4.00 Credits
    Whitman College

    not offered 2008-09 This seminar focuses on the literature, history, and culture of Latinos in the United States until the 21st century. The seminar addresses the possibilities and consequences of establishing Latino identities and marketing targets. Discussions will focus on politics, socio-economic and cultural issues that form part of the current debates about Latino demographics. Topics to be discussed include: immigration, citizenship, gender and sexuality. Stress will be given to class participation. Readings will include fiction and nonfiction literature along with film and visual arts. This course satisfies the Film/Theater requirement or the U.S. Latino and Latina Literature and Culture requirement for the major in Spanish Literatures and Cultures. Taught in Spanish. Prerequisites: Spanish 306 or consent of instructor. Distribution area: humanities and alternative voices.
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  • Spanish 437: WLIT 339 Eco- Literature in the Americas

    4.00 Credits
    Whitman College

    This seminar addresses different aspects of nature and the environment as represented in fictional and nonfictional texts from different regions of the hemisphere.
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  • Spanish 447: Familias y Fronteras:Contemporary Chicana Literature Solórzano-Thompson

    3.00 - 4.00 Credits
    Whitman College

    A critical examination of literary and cultural production by self-identified Chicana authors, including fiction, autobiography, poetry, art, film, and performance. Themes discussed will include identity construction, gender and sexuality, performativity, literary criticism and theory. Authors studied may include Sandra Cisneros, Helena María Viramontes, Cherríe Moraga, Josie Méndez-Negrete, Lourdes Portillo, and Ana Castillo. Evaluation will be based on class participation, presentations, a group performative project, and a final research paper tailored to students' majors and interests. This course satisfies the U.S. Latino and Latina Literature and Culture requirement for the major in Spanish Literatures and Cultures. Course is taught in English with stress on oral discussion. May be elected as World Literature 329. Distribution area: humanities and alternative voice
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  • Spanish 450: Night Chicas:Sex Workers in Contemporary Film from Spain,Mexico,and Brazil Solórzano-Thompson

    3.00 Credits
    Whitman College

    A critical examination of contemporary film from Spain, Mexico, and Brazil depicting sex workers. Themes discussed will include male and female prostitution, client and sex worker relations, gender roles, immigration, politics, transgender issues, feminism, violence, sex tourism, and the law. Readings will include theoretical and critical texts by Paul Julian Smith, Annick Prieur, Don Kulick, and Donna Guy. Evaluation will be based on class participation, presentations, a group video project, and a final research paper tailored to students' majors and interests. This course satisfies the Film/Theater requirement for the major in Spanish Literatures and Cultures. Course is taught in Spanish with stress on oral discussion. Prerequisites: Spanish 306 or consent of instructor. Distribution area: humanities and alternative voices.
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  • Spanish 451: The Theatre and Poetry of Federico García Lorca

    4.00 Credits
    Whitman College

    not offered 2008-09 This seminar will examine Federico García Lorca's portrayal of pre-Civil War Spain through close readings of representative theater and poetry works. Other readings will include theoretical and critical texts about García Lorca and Spain. Themes discussed will include gender roles, gay desire, politics, modernism, modernization, modernity, and poetics. Evaluation will be based on class participation, presentations, a group performative project, and a final research paper tailored to students' majors and interests. This course satisfies the Peninsular Literature requirement or the Film/Theater requirement for the major in Spanish Literatures and Cultures. Class is conducted in Spanish with stress on oral discussi on. Prerequisit es: Spanish 306 or consent of instructor. Distribution area: humanities and alternative voice
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  • Spanish 452: Pedro Almodóvar's Spain4

    3.00 Credits
    Whitman College

    not offered 2008-09 This seminar will examine representative films by Pedro Almodóvar spanning his cinematic career from the 1970's to the present. The focus of the course will be to decode Almodóvar's multifaceted and often contradictory portrayal of post-Franco Spain. Themes discussed will include gay desire, transgender issues, violence, sex, politics, and modernity. Readings will include theoretical and critical texts by Paul Julian Smith, Marsha Kinder, Teresa Vilaros, and Susan Martín-Márquez, among others. Evaluation will be based on class participation, presentations, a group video project, and a final research paper tailored to students' majors and interests. This course satisfies the Film/Theater requirement for the major in Spanish Literatures and Cultures. Class is conducted in Spanish with stress on oral discu ssion. Prerequi sites: Spanish 306 or consent of instructor. Distribution area: humanities and alternative vo
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