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3.00 Credits
The course focuses on the narrative fiction of Spanish women of the post-Franco era: those who began to publish shortly after Franco's death and continue to write into the new century (Cristina Fernandez Cubas, Rosa Montero, Soledad Puertolas, and Carme Riera), as well as the more recent crop of writers who emerged on the literary scene in the past decade (Nuria Amat, Lucia Etxebarria, Belen Gopegui). We consider not only are the aesthetic innovations of these writers, but also their preoccupation with the following sociopolitical and cultural issues: connections between gender, sexuality, and writing; their response to feminist literary criticism and politics; and their relationship to the market and consumer society in the context of globalization. Prerequisites: Span 307D and Span 308D and at least two 300-level literature courses taught in Spanish. One-hour preceptorial for undergraduates; in Spanish.
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3.00 Credits
Readings in various genres covering significant figures and works in neoclassicism, romanticism, and realism. Prerequisites: Span 307D and Span 308D and at least two 300-level literature courses taught in Spanish. One-hour preceptorial for undergraduates; in Spanish.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the development of the avant garde in Spain during the two decades prior to the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) from an interdisciplinary perspective, including poetry, the visual arts, and cinema. We first study the development of the historical avant garde through a study of four key avant garde movements either developed by Spanish artists or taking place in Spain: Cubismo (Pablo Picasso, Juan Gris), Creacionismo (Vicente Huidobro, Gerardo Diego), Ultraismo (Gomez de la Serna, Cansinos-Assens, Pedro Salinas), and Surrealismo (Luis Bunuel, Salvador Dali, Rafael Alberti, Luis Cernuda, Federico Garcia Lorca, and Joan Miro). We then analyze different connections with the historical avant garde traceable in the work of a later generation of experimental Spanish poets and artists working under the strict censorship existing during Franco's fascist dictatorship, such as Jose Val del Omar, Joan Brossa, Antoni Tapies, Jose Angel Valente, Pere Gimferrer, Jose Miguel Ullan, and Jose Luis Guerin. We also incorporate in our discussion theoretical writings by various critics including Ortega y Gasset, Peter Burger, C. Brian Morris, and Roman Gubern. Prerequisites: Span 307D and Span 308D and at least two 300-level literature courses taught in Spanish. One-hour preceptorial for undergraduates only; in Spanish.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of 20th-century Spanish poetry from Machado and Juan Ramon Jimenez to the Generation of '27 and younger poets. Prerequisites: Span 307D and Span 308D and at least two 300-level literature courses taught in Spanish. One-hour preceptorial for undergraduates; in Spanish.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Students who meet the requirements work closely with a member of the faculty on an individual basis on a project of mutual interest. Emphasis on a tutorial on a regular basis. Prerequisite: permission of Director of Undergraduate Studies. Preregistration not permitted.
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3.00 Credits
Students who meet the requirements work closely with a member of the faculty on an individual basis on a project of mutual interest. Emphasis on a tutorial on a regular basis. Prerequisite: permission of Director of Undergraduate Studies. Preregistration not permitted. Pass/fail.
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3.00 Credits
A study of modern novels by established authors, such as Benet, Goytisolo, and Martin Gaite, and new figures such as Landero, Millas, and Puertolas. Prerequisites: Span 307D and Span 308D and at least two 300-level literature courses taught in Spanish. One-hour preceptorial for undergraduates; in Spanish.
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3.00 Credits
A study of modern novels by established authors, such as Benet, Goytisolo, and Martin Gaite, and new figures such as Landero, Millas, and Puertolas. Prerequisites: Span 307D and Span 308D and at least two 300-level literature courses taught in Spanish. One-hour preceptorial for undergraduates; in Spanish.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a survey of the field of Urban Studies, utilizing the city of St. Louis as a field site. The major purpose of the course is to gradually reveal how a city operates internally, and how it operates externally with its sister cities, surrounding metropolitan areas and neighboring states, amidst competing and often contradictory interests. Utilizing historical analysis as a guide, the course briefly revisits the experiences of previous waves of ethnic groups to the St. Louis metropolitan area, as a lens for understanding the current social, political, and economic dilemmas that many urban dwellers in St. Louis now face. The course reveals to students the intricacies of social welfare issues and policies among high-density populations in St. Louis that are homogeneous and heterogeneous at the same time. Visits and discussions with various governmental and nongovernmental agencies about how such agencies function or dysfunction for various constituencies allow students to ask crucial questions regarding equality of opportunity in a democratic society. Students also encounter diverse communities and neighborhoods and the intended and unintended consequences of social welfare policies designed to ameliorate urban dilemmas such as poverty and inequality, homelessness, educational underachievement, gentrification, migration and immigration, development, health care, fiscal issues, the informal economy, and issues concerned with crime and social justice, among others. Readings are reinforced and challenged through visits, interactions, and observations with broad constituencies and institutions, ranging from city officials to community residents. As such, this course offers a survey discussion of the rich interdisciplinary field of Urban Studies for those who may be interested in pursuing a standalone major in the field of Urban Studies.
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3.00 Credits
Same as Pol Sci 106
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