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3.00 Credits
1 semester, 3 credits ( Fine Arts Core) Surveys the cultural history of Spain and Spanish America through an examination of the arts as a means of access to developing civilizations. Painting, sculpture, and architecture are analyzed, not only as aesthetic expressions, but as instruments of political and philosophical expression. Students acquire a more in-depth knowledge of the richness and complexity of the HispanicWorld through the arts. Prerequisite: Spanish 201 or above.
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3.00 Credits
1 semester, 3 credits A course designed to introduce the basic techniques for a critical reading of fictive discourse. It traces the development of the short story in Spain and Spanish America. Special emphasis is placed upon the analysis of contemporary narrative forms and on the variety of reading responses invited by the various fictive styles. Prerequisites: SPN 321 and 322.
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3.00 Credits
1 semester, 3 credits An introduction to the ideas, values, and cultural dynamics that shape the Hispanic Caribbean regions and its peoples with emphasis on their literature,music, films, and other cultural manifestations. An examination of distinct identities woven together throughout history to influence the development of contemporary Hispanic Caribbean societies. Prerequisite: SPN 212.
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3.00 Credits
1 semester, 3 credits A course designed to master Spanish accentuation and pronunciation systems through study and practice of Spanish sounds and intonation patterns.The Spanish pronunciation is presented in contrast to that of American English to develop awareness of similarities and differences between systems. Students will also learn about Spanish dialects through the analysis of native oral samples. Prerequisite: SPN 201 or 210.
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3.00 Credits
1 semester, 3 credits The course will trace the development of Spanish literature from the Middle Ages through the 20th Century. Representative writers together with the main tenets of literary movements will receive special emphasis. Attention will be given to the cultural and historical ambience in which each work emerges. Students will read works in prose, verse, drama, and essay. Prerequisite: SPN 212.
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3.00 Credits
1 semester, 3 credits This course will study and analyze representative Spanish- American literary works from the colonial period through the present day.This course will provide an overview of the development of Spanish American literature via the study of some of the major writers and works from the time of the conquest through the contemporary period. Prerequisite: SPN 212.
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3.00 Credits
1 semester, 3 credits This course will provide students the opportunity for indepth study of a particular topic not treated in existing course offerings.Topics will vary and may be drawn from current issues, events, debates, or from other related areas of interest to students of the discipline. Prerequisite: SPN 321 or 322.
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3.00 Credits
1 semester, 3 credits Focuses on the Renaissance outlook in Golden Age Spain as reflected in the literary genres of chivalric romance, picaresque and pastoral novels, and poetry of the mystic and lyric traditions. Major selections from Cervantes' Don Quijote and his shorter novels, the novelas ejemplares, will be read and analyzed from the perspective of the sociopolitical and theological debates of the 16th century. Prerequisites: SPN 321 and 322.
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3.00 Credits
1 semester, 3 credits Concentrates on playwrights such as Lope de Vega,Tirso de Molina, and Calderón, exploring the historical and cultural conditions underlying 17th-century Spanish theater. Designed to please a paying popular and a courtly audience, Spanish drama shaped a collective identity while projecting conflicts between desire and conformity. Analyzes issues of gender, identity, global expansion, scientific discovery, and tensions of a multicultural society. Prerequisites: SPN 321 and 322.
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2.00 Credits
1 semester, 2 credits A critical study of the literary movements of costumbrismo, realismo, and naturalismo. Special attention will be given to the novels of Alarcón, Clarín, Galdós, Pardo Bazán, aValera. Prerequisites: SPN 321 and 322.
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