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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of the formation and evolution of Latin American novels of dictatorship from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century. Themes include the relationship between power and writing, allegories of authority, and textual methods of resistance. Readings include Sarmiento, Asturias, Roa Bastos, García Márquez and Vargas Llosa. Prerequisite, 210 or 211 or consent of instructor. Taught in Spanish.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the major dialects of Latin America, including their origins, development and geographical extension. Students will learn the basics of dialectology, sociolinguistics and phonetic transcription while increasing their general knowledge of Spanish. Taught in Spanish. Prerequisite, two 200-level courses in Hispanic Studies above 200 or 201 or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
The course will focus on the analysis of literary texts written by contemporary Spanish women writers, mostly from the 60's to the present. Some attention will be paid to older texts, which are part of the recuperation of historic memory, and to religious-cultural icons to which women writers respond. Movies, theoretical and legal texts and documentaries will also be an important part of the course. The course will analyze the way these texts question rigid gender structures as they confront, dissolve, re-write a constructed androcentric reality and create a more welcoming society for all. Prerequisite, Two 200-level courses in Hispanic studies above 200 or 201 including 210 or 211 or consent of instructor. Taught in Spanish.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the historical development of the Spanish language from its origins in Latin to the present day. Covers changes in sounds, word formation, grammatical structure and vocabulary, and their manifestation in Old Spanish texts. Students who enroll in this course should have an interest in analyzing the structure of the language. No familiarity with Latin is required. Prerequisite, two 200-level courses in Hispanic studies above 200 or 201 or consent of instructor. Taught in Spanish. Fulfills the pre-1800 requirement for the Spanish concentration.
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3.00 Credits
Analysis and discussion of 20th century plays in light of major theatrical movements such as the Theater of the Absurd, the Epic Theater, Metatheater and the Theater of Cruelty. Examination of construction and critiques of self, power, society and political identities. Readings from such leading playwrights as Usigli, Marqués, Gambaro, Wolff, Carballido and Cossa. Prerequisite, Two 200-level courses in Spanish above 200 or 201 including 210 or 211 or consent of instructor. Taught in Spanish.
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3.00 Credits
Study of the development of the theatre in Spain as a reflection of the artistic, social and historical turmoil that led to the Spanish Civil War, Franco and the present democratic monarchy. Emphasis on critical reading and discussion of works by such authors as Ortega y Gasset, Benavente, Grau Valle-Inclan, Garcia Lorca, Buero Vallejo, Sastre, Arrabal, Muniz, Ruibal, Fernan Gomez, Martinez Ballesteros and Paloma Pedrero. Taught in Spanish. Prerequisite, two 200-level courses in Hispanic studies above 200 or 201 or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Critical reading of representative Latin American novels from the "Boom" to the present. Authors include Fuentes, García Márquez, Donoso, Puig, Ferré and Boullosa. Prerequisite, Two 200-level courses in Hispanic studies above 200 or 201 including 210 or 211 or consent of instructor. Taught in Spanish.
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3.00 Credits
Cross-cultural study of women's literary texts in Spain, Latin America and the United States. Textual analysis grounded in feminist literary, social theories and critical frameworks; particular attention paid to women's agency and writing as transgressions in patriarchal symbolic order, to the consideration of a generolecto (women's specific literary inscription) and to theoretical and critical approaches to gender and writing. Taught in Spanish. Prerequisite, two 200-level courses in Hispanic studies above 200 or 201 including 210 or 211 or consent of instructor. (Same as Women's Studies 345 .)
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3.00 Credits
Study of the ideas, trends and new concepts of Spanish literature in the 20th century, as portrayed by Spain's most acclaimed modern writers, including Ganivet, Unamuno, Jimenez, Antonio Machado, Baroja and Azorin, and such younger authors as Salinas, Guillen, Garcia Lorca and Alberti, with Ortega y Gasset as a liaison between both generations. Taught in Spanish. Prerequisite, two 200-level courses in Hispanic studies above 200 or 201, or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on the film adaptations made of Spanish plays and novels and on the texts that originated them. How does verbal translate into visual? How does film narrate or dramatize differently (if so) than literature? Readings will include contemporary as well as classical literary works and the viewing and analysis of their film adaptations: Lope de Vega, García Morales, Manuel Rivas, Fernando Aramburu among others, and movies by Pilar Miró, Erice, Cuerda, Viscarret, and Uribe. Prerequisite, Two 200-level courses in Hispanic studies above 200 or 201 including 210 or 211 or consent of instructor. Taught in Spanish.
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