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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Study of aspects of the political, social, and cultural life of contemporary Spain and Portugal and their historical development. Class discussion; readings with compositions. Conducted in Spanish. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Span 201D.
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3.00 Credits
Study of aspects of the political, social, and cultural life of contemporary Latin America and their historical development. Class discussion; readings with compositions. Conducted in Spanish. Prerequisite: Span 201D or placement by examination.
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3.00 Credits
This two-week course provides a panoramic view of Chilean contemporary culture, focusing on the years from 1988 to the present. We examine the representation of current issues in literature, the arts, and the media, and study topics such as governmental institutions, the constitution of 1980, the economy, the role of the Catholic Church, public policy concerning culture, etc. The course meets three hours a day, and there are several guest lecturers. Conducted in Spanish. Requirements: two short papers, short reports in class of the news or a cultural activity students have attended, and participation in class discussions. Course includes an all-day cultural excursion on Saturday, which features a visit to one of Neruda's houses, a history museum, etc.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Continued study of Spanish grammar and syntax at Washington University's program in Chile or Spain. A course designed for non-native speakers of Spanish to refine mastery of difficult uses and structures in all four skills. Prerequisite: placement by exam or program director.
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3.00 Credits
This course is intended to acquaint students with important aspects of Spanish culture, including history, civilization, society, politics, and the arts, dating from the first invasions of the Peninsula to the present. Students gain an awareness of the ethnic, cultural, and aesthetic diversity of Spain, as a country of multiple autonomous regions, by working with written texts, other media, and by visits to various locations. The broader aim of the course is to enable students to engage with and to analyze Spanish culture from an intellectually critical perspective and knowledge of its sociohistorical distinctiveness. Requirements include active participation within all classes and excursions, presentations, and various written assignments. This course is taught in Madrid, as part of the Washington University Carlos III Program. Conducted in Spanish.
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3.00 Credits
Same as Ling 320
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3.00 Credits
Designed to offer students with advanced skills in Spanish an opportunity to refine their ability to discuss a variety of topics. Various media (film, television, and newspapers) are used as a basis for debate on cultural topics pertaining to the Spanish-speaking world. Oral presentations and limited writing. Prerequisites: Span 301 and 307D or multiple 300-level courses.
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3.00 Credits
Designed to offer students with advanced skills in Spanish an opportunity to refine their ability to discuss a variety of topics. Various media such as films, television, newspapers, and other modes of communication are used for oral presentations and some writing. Prerequisite: Span 301, 307D or 308D, or multiple 300-level courses.
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3.00 Credits
In this course we examine the geographical, cultural, and ideological mapping as described in the travel/exploration chronicles of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. We focus on the Southern hemisphere (Peru) as well as the Northern Frontier (Mexico, New Mexico, La Florida, Colorado) while reading narrative texts such as Columbus' Diario, Cabeza de Vaca's Naufragios, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega's The Florida of the Inca, Francisco Vásquez de Coronado's Narratives of the Coronado Expedition, and Alonso Carrió de la Vandera's El Lazarillo de Ciegos Caminantes (Guide for Travelers in 18th-Century Spanish America). We use art work and historical maps for our study of the cultural and ideological representations of alterity and of the geography of the colonial empire. In English.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the most important movements, artistic expressions and representatives of the art history of Latin America and Spain. From the folk naive art of traditional indigenous weaving and tapestry-depicting daily life and harvest-to the "arpilleras," or designs on burlap, expressing the suffering of contemporary indigenous women under Latin America's military dictatorships, to the feminist and surrealist self-reconstruction portraits of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. From the medieval paintings of religious Spain, to the criticism of the Spanish nobility by Diego Velazquez, the Spanish Civil War of "Guernica" by Pablo Picasso, to the Surrealism of Salvador Dalí and Antonio Gaudi. From the "Corridos songs" of the Mexican Revolution to the Spanish flamenco talking about the displacement and suffering of Gypsies in Spain. The students visit the Saint Louis Art Museum and talk to some local Hispanic artists. Prerequisite: Span 308D or Span 321. May be used for elective credit in the Spanish major or minor. In Spanish.
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