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3.00 Credits
Continuation of Span 400. For graduate students in the humanities and social and natural sciences. Prerequisite: Span 400. Credit for Span 400 is contingent on completion of Span 401.
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3.00 Credits
An undergraduate seminar. Topics vary. This is a writing-intensive course, which requires a minimum of three papers of approximately four to five pages in length, with rewrites; 50 percent of the grade must come from written work. Prerequisites: Span 307D and Span 308D and at least two 300-level literature courses taught in Spanish. In Spanish. Section 01. Tales of Marvel, Fantasy, and Magic in Spanish-American Narrative. This course studies the world of the fantastic, the marvelous, and the extraordinary through textual analysis of selected narratives by the following writers from Spanish America: Horacio Quiroga, MarÃa Luisa Bombal, Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez, Armonia Sommers, Rosario Ferré, Luisa Valenzuela, Antonio BenÃtez Rojo. Integrating a wide range of sources (theoretical essays, paintings, film) we undertake an exploration of texts that evolve around obsession, metamorphosis, dream, magic, and ritual. Section 02. Tales of Marvel, Fantasy, and Magic in Spanish-American Narrative. This course studies the world of the fantastic, the marvelous, and the extraordinary through textual analysis of selected narratives by the following writers from Spanish America: Horacio Quiroga, MarÃa Luisa Bombal, Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez, Armonia Sommers, Rosario Ferré, Luisa Valenzuela, Antonio BenÃtez Rojo. Integrating a wide range of sources (theoretical essays, paintings, film) we undertake an exploration of texts that evolve around obsession, metamorphosis, dream, magic, and ritual. Section 03. Nation Building: 19th-Century Spanish-American Writers Confront the Challenge. The writers of 19th century Latin America collaborated in the period's efforts of construction and reconstruction by proposing new models for their newly independent countries. This course analyzes the works of the most prominent writers whose works deal with the concepts of nation, identity, class, and race. Based on readings of different genres, we explore how these texts prescribe, describe, and carry out theories that contributed to the building of the Latin American "Nation." Authors include Bello, Heredia, Sarmiento, MartÃ, Rodó, and Isaacs, among others. Section 04. The Feminine as Submission and Subversion: Short Stories by Latin-American Women. A study of short stories by Spanish-American women to examine the female subjects that are constructed from the various literary strategies. The analysis focuses on the conventions established by the dominant systems to regulate the feminine, such as love, family, and the erotic, among other aspects, and how the literary productions confront these conventions. Section 05. Absolutely Fabulous? Fable and History in Spanish-American Colonial Narrative. Study of the relationship between fable and history in colonial narratives. Reflection on the role that stories had in larger narratives, which allowed digression but in a flowing kind of unity to add a moral or ironic commentary. Sources are the historical and fictional accounts written by Spanish, Mestizos, and Indigenous people during the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. Section 06. An Island With a View: Contemporary Cuban Literature and Culture. The course seeks to develop a critical perspective from which to study the uniqueness of Cuban cultural production from the Revolution to the present. Examining a variety of forms, from prose fiction and poetry to political speeches, personal testimonies, and film, we give special attention to the interplay of such issues as repression and exile; the politics of race and sexuality; censorship and dissent. Readings by Miguel Barnet, Senel Paz, Antonio BenÃtez Rojo, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Fidel Castro, Nancy Morejón, Virgilio Piñera. We also examine art work by Ana Mendieta, and films by Néstor Almendros, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, and Estela Bravo.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the contributions of Christians, Muslims and Jews in the Spanish peninsula, which led to what historians have called a convivencia (the peaceful and productive coexistence of these groups in medieval Spain), albeit an arrangement that was often troubled and tested. Among the topics studied are the Visigothic kingdom, the "Golden Age" of Muslim and Jewish Spain, the reconquista (reconquest; a series of campaigns by Christian states to recapture territory from the Moors), the age of Alfonso X, the Inquisition, the conquest of the New World, the expulsion of the Jews and the MorÃscos (Moors), and the formation of modern Spain. We read historical accounts by Vives, Américo Castro, Benassar. Literary texts in translation include some of the greatest works of the Spanish tradition: The Cid, The Celestina, Galdós's Compassion, Goytisolo's Count Julian, Aridjis's 1492, and excerpts from Fuentes's Terra Nostra, among others. Pertinent films are discussed in class. Prerequisite: reading knowledge of Spanish, Hebrew, or Arabic, or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
The Spanish, Latinos, and non-Hispanic North American vis-a-vis "the Other." Designed to study the historical and ideological bases of attitudes and mutual perceptions that inform these three cultures' understanding of each other. Analysis of literary and extra-literary representations of the three identities in question teach students to think critically about the cultural, religious, and political foundations of intercultural perceptions. Washington University students' experiences living in Spain provide a context for them to examine their own attitudes about "Hispanidad," as well as to learn about their own cultures (American, "Latino") as they are understood from abroad. Study of theoretical concepts of identity, ethnicity, minority, gender, culture, and intercultural communication enables students to participate in practical discussions based on observation and experience with an objective, critical understanding of how they perceive and are perceived by others. Fulfills 400-level literature course requirement for the Spanish major. Prerequisites: Span 307D, Span 308D and two 300-level literature surveys or the equivalent in Spanish. Course taught in Madrid, Spain, through the Washington University Madrid Program.
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3.00 Credits
This is a writing-intensive course that requires a minimum of three papers of approximately four to five pages in length, with rewrites; 50 percent of the grade must come from written work. Prerequisites: Span 307D and Span 308D and at least two 300-level literature courses taught in Spanish. In Spanish.
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3.00 Credits
This course presents a detailed study of Spanish syntax. Special attention is given to synchronic and diachronic variation as well as Spanish/English contrasts of particular interest to language learners and teachers. Prerequisites: 6 units of 300-level Spanish, or permission of instructor.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Detailed study of contemporary Spanish syntax. Special attention to fine points of grammar and syntax necessary for communication at the advanced level, taught at Washington University's Carlos III Program in Madrid. Prerequisite: placement by exam.
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3.00 Credits
Detailed study of contemporary Spanish syntax for bilingual students, taught at Washington University's Carlos III Program in Madrid. Prerequisite: placement by exam or program director.
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3.00 Credits
The course, taught in English, provides a critical survey of various components involved in the relationship between linguistics and language learning. The course emphasizes the language learner and explores dimensions of second-language acquisition. The course begins with an examination of linguistic theories and then highlights the influence of linguistic theories on L2 acquisition research. The course then moves to an exploration of research on language and the brain. With this foundation, the course covers both internal and external factors related to language acquisition, such as language aptitude, age, gender, memory, prior knowledge, etc. In summary, theoretical and research dimensions of both linguistics and language learning are treated. This course counts as a requirement for the Graduate Certificate in Language Instruction and for the undergraduate Minor in Applied Linguistics. Prerequisite: Ling 170 is recommended but not required.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the scientific study of the Spanish language, this course focuses on each of the major linguistic subsystems, including the sound system (phonetics and phonology), word formation (morphology), formation of phrases and sentences (syntax), and the use of the language to convey meaning (semantics and pragmatics). At each level of analysis, selected comparisons are made between Spanish and English and between Spanish and other languages. The course also examines different historical, regional, and social varieties of Spanish and situations of Spanish in contact with other languages. Preceptorial for undergraduates only.
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