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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
An intensive course designed to prepare students to enter 200 level courses, with an emphasis on reading, oral and written proficiency. The course is aimed at developing advanced syntactical and lexical competence which it addresses through frequent rewrites of compositions, oral presentations, discussions of contemporary Spanish literary texts, music and film. (Please see note under "Other Information.")
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
An advanced course in Spanish grammar, composition and conversation. The main purpose of the course is to solidify a student's command of grammar and increase fluency in spoken and written Spanish. Special interest will be given to understanding the elements of Hispanic culture, through analysis of literary and non-literary texts, cinema and other cultural outlets. Note: Section C02A will focus on medical profession. See "Other Information" below.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
A course designed to improve oral and writing skills, while significantly increasing students' knowledge of cultural affairs in an ever changing Hispanic world. A significant amount of time will be dedicated to intensive debate on a wide variety of topics presented in films. Students interested in contemporary cinema may find this course especially enlightening. The grammar component of the course aims to ease the path to a more fluent communication in Spanish. The diversity of Hispanic culture is presented from the standpoint of a selected number of film directors.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course offers an introduction to modern Spanish American literature and culture. It focuses on the complex ways in which cultural and intellectual production anticipates, participates in, and responds to political, social, and economic transformations in the 20th and 21st centuries. Through a wide spectrum of sources (essays, fiction, poetry, film, and art), students will study and discuss some of the most relevant issues in Latin American modern history, such as modernity, democracy, identity, memory, and social and economic justice.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
An introduction to various theories and methods of literary and cultural analysis, which will be used to examine literary texts from Latin America and Spain (mainly, but not exclusively, contemporary fiction and poetry), as well as other Hispanic cultural artifacts, in particular film, photography, and art. Among the authors studied will be works by Quevedo, Machado, Unamuno, García Lorca, Borges, García Márquez, Carmen Martín Gaite; films by Buñuel and Almodóvar; paintings by Dalí; and photography from Argentina and Mexico.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course explores the cultural, social, economic, and political history of modern Spain from the early 19th century to the present. It discusses the role of war, memory, collective identity, citizenship and utopia, as they appeared in Spanish film, literature, and the visual arts.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Cuisine is always more than nutrition; it functions as an agent of identity at both the regional and the national level. Moreover, gastronomy intersects with other manifestations of culture such as painting, literature, medicine, and religion. Readings, in addition to cookbooks, handbooks of table manners, and medical treatises, will include literary texts ranging from medieval to Golden Age to modern.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
For advanced students of Spanish who want to expand their writing skills and improve their knowledge of grammatical structures which continue to pose challenges. Along with the study of grammar, this course aims at reaching higher levels of accuracy while expressing ideas and opinions in writing. Inspiration for written assignments to be drawn from literary works, journalistic writings and audiovisual materials. Combination of fairly intensive writing, reading and grammar based assignments.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
A survey of the major forms of Spanish drama of the Golden Age, including plays by Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, and Calderón. Emphasis on the development of the theater in relation to the rise of the absolutist state, the Counter Reformation, and the impact of the Inquisition on Spanish society.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
An examination of the narrative, poetry, film, songs, photography and graphic art generated by Spaniards and foreigners about the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) in the seventy years since the war was fought. This cultural production will be examined in the context of the political and ideological reasons that explain the international attraction the war generated. Among the works examined: poems by Neruda; Picasso's Guernica (it was the first war in which aviation played a significant role); documentaries (The Spanish Earth, Mourir à Madrid); and photographs by Robert Capa (the Spanish Civil War consecrated the nascent art of photojournalism).
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