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3.00 Credits
An introduction to contemporary Spanish film taught at Washington University's program in Spain. Prerequisite: approval of Washington University's program director.
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Introductory survey of Spanish literature from its beginnings in the Middle Ages to the baroque period at Washington University's program in Chile or Spain. Prerequisite: Span 308D or the equivalent.
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This course studies a series of work from 16th- and 17th-century Spain canonized by later readers as classics of national Spanish literature, that daringly experiment with the literary genres of their period to incorporate discourses from daily life, thereby revealing the decadence of imperial Spain and questioning the representation of this period as a "Golden Age." Includes the Lazarillo de Tormes, El Abencerraje, Fuenteovejuna, La Vida es Sueño, El Medico de Su Honra, and short narratives by Cervantes and MarÃa de Zayas. Prerequisites: Span 307D; concurrent enrollment in Span 308D is recommended. In Spanish.
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This course offers a panoramic vision of the medieval literature of the Iberian Peninsula, from its beginnings until the end of the Middle Ages (11th to 15th centuries). We read student modernized and annotated versions of some of the most famous works of this period, originally written in Castilian: lyric and epic poetry, ballads, miracles and exemplary stories; and the first act of Celestina. This selection includes works written by Christian, Hispano-Arabic and Hispano-Hebrew authors, and also some works originally written in other languages of the Peninsula (Arabic, Hebrew, Portuguese, and Latin), that were translated into Castilian during the Middle Ages and are now considered part of the corpus of Castilian literature, because they significantly influenced Castilian authors of this and later periods. We also use music; art; images of old manuscripts and books; and secondary readings that help us better understand the cultural context of this period. Our discussion of the texts include topics such as the relations among the three main cultures of the Peninsula: Arabic, Jewish, and Christian; the role of the Christian Church in medieval society; the situation of minority and women; the presence of oral tradition in written texts; and the creation and spread of manuscripts and early printed books. Prerequisites: Span 307D; concurrent registration in Span 308D recommended.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to key texts from Spanish literature in the 19th and 20th centuries at Washington University's program in Chile or Spain. Prerequisite: Span 308D or the equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to key texts from Spanish literature and culture in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries in their specific historical contexts. Topics may include encounters between Arabs, Christians, and Jews in the Iberian peninsula; issues of gender and sexuality; the modern city; discourses of nationalism; the Spanish Civil War; the Francoist dictatorship; transition to democracy; and contemporary challenges in an increasingly multicultural and multiracial society. Prerequisites: Span 307D; concurrent registration in Span 308D is recommended. In Spanish.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of major figures and literary trends in Spanish America from 1492 to Modernismo (1880); at Washington University's program in Chile or Spain. Prerequisite: Span 308D or the equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
This survey examines the changing roles of literature and its creators during the period that saw the end of the powerful Spanish empire and the emergence of the political framework of independent nations we are familiar with today. Students are introduced to prominent themes such as independence writing, the experience of race in literature, romanticism, civilization vs. barbarism, the appeal of literature to popular classes, modernismo, the place of literature in nation building and in shaping national identity, and the idea of the past as present. Prerequisites: Span 307D or permission of instructor; concurrent enrollment in Span 308D is recommended. In Spanish.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of major figures and literary trends in Spanish America from 1492 to Modernismo (1880). Emphasis on the writings of either Colón or Columbus, Cortés, Bernal Diaz, Las Casas, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega; and Aztec reactions to the Conquest in the early period and on Sor Juana in colonial times. After the period of independence from Spain (1810-1824), the focus is on the literary representation of the making of the new nations, and cultural autonomy. Readings include chapters of a picaresque novel, the representation of dictatorship, civilization vs. barbarism, the gaucho epic, and 19th-century fiction. Lectures and class discussions of the readings; exams, papers, and short reports. Prerequisites: Span 307D; concurrent registration in Span 308D is recommended. In Spanish.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of major Spanish-American literary works from the end of the 19th century to the contemporary period at Washington University's program in Chile or Spain. Prerequisite: Span 308D or the equivalent.
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