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3.00 Credits
Samples popular short-narrative genres (ballads, legends, exemplary stories) and their recurring themes in Medieval Spain. We will explore the rich variety of sources (oral, literary) and traditions (classical, Islamic, Christian, Jewish) in order to gain a multifaceted view of this complex and fascinating period in Spain's history. Readings include romances, Hispano-Arabic and Hispano-Hebrew poems, excerpts from the great framed-narrative collections (El conde Lucanor, among others) and the Libro de buen amor, as well as popular stories of heroes and saints, and travelogues. Prerequisite, 210 or 211 or consent of instructor. Taught in Spanish. Willstedt.
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3.00 Credits
An intensive and detailed study of the more complex points of Spanish grammar, including rigorous study of vocabulary and composition. Each unit prepares and teaches the student to write in a certain genre (description, narration, exposition, etc.). Especially recommended for Spanish majors, minors and future teachers of Spanish. (Writing-intensive.) Prerequisite, 200, 201 or consent of instructor. Taught in Spanish. Maximum enrollment, 20. Depetris Chauvin.
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3.00 Credits
With an emphasis in the last two decades, this class will focus on literary and visual constructions of women in Contemporary Spain. Movies, poems and short stories will help us ask questions and explore ideas concerning Spanish women and society such as war and gender violence, immigration, sexualities, citizenship, interpersonal relationships, masculinities in transition, etc. Films and literary texts by Bigas Luna, Isabel Coixet, Icíar Bollaín, Anna Rossetti and Carme Riera, among others. Prerequisite, 200 or 201 or consent of instructor. Taught in Spanish. Sabadell Nieto.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the cultures of Spain, including history, music, painting and other aspects of Spanish civilization which reflect or have contributed to the development of modern Spanish perspectives. Emphasis on contemporary social and political events. Taught in Spanish. Prerequisite, 200, 201 or consent of instructor. Briones.
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3.00 Credits
The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of the findings on second/foreign language development and learning strategies over the last 4 decades. Students will read about and discuss the key issues in second/foreign language acquisition process, different acquisition models, and learning strategies involved in the different stages of second language development. Students will also learn to carry out interlanguage data collection, 4 types of data analysis (contrastive, error, performance, and discourse analyses) used in the second language acquisition field. Taught in English (Same as East Asian Languages and Literatures 259 and Education Studies 259.) Hong Gang Jin.
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3.00 Credits
Detailed analysis of the most notable dramatic, poetic, and narrative creations of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Spain. Works studied will include the anonymous precursor of the picaresque mode, novelas ejemplares of Cervantes, plays of Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina and Calderón, ands poetry of Garcilaso, Fray Luis de León, San Juan de la Cruz, Quevedo and Góngora. Prerequisite, 210 or 211 or consent of instructor. Taught in Spanish. Gutiérrez-Berner.
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3.00 Credits
The class studies novels written in Spain throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, but mostly in the last 50 years. All of them could be considered exemplary for varied reasons and all are key sources for understanding contemporary peninsular literature. We will discuss critical and theoretical essays and articles related to our novels and around the question, common to all of them, of how literature and history help us to learn. Works by Rosa Chacel, Torrente Ballester, Delibes, Lourdes Ortiz and Ruiz Zafón among others. Prerequisite, Two 200-level courses in Hispanic studies above 200 or 201 including 210 or 211 or consent of instructor. Taught in Spanish. Sabadell Nieto.
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3.00 Credits
An in-depth study of the history and poetics of Hispanic films from the double perspective of Hispanic cultural contexts and the development of cinema as artistic expression. Examines how props, lighting, acting, editing, etc. say more than the words in the script. We will discuss how all these elements reflect the cultural visions and beliefs of different Hispanic filmmakers and the times and places they came from. The readings will focus on film theory and film history within the context of nationalism in the Hispanic World. Prerequisite, two 200-level courses in Hispanic studies above 200 or 201, or consent of instructor. Taught in Spanish. Rodríguez Plate.
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3.00 Credits
Critical reading of six 20th century Latin American novels, from commercial successes of the "Boom" to the posterior "boom" of a new generation of female novelists. Topics of discussion include the novelistic genre, the literary marketplace, representations of gender in the novel, and the relationship between "story" and "History." We also consider the role of myth, time, language, race, politics and popular culture in experimental and fragmented postmodern literature. Authors include Fuentes, García Márquez, Donoso, Puig, Ferré and Boullosa. Taught in Spanish. Open to seniors only. Required for senior concentrators who are candidates for honors and strongly recommended for all other senior concentrators. Hispanic sudies concentrators will be given preference over other seniors. Maximum enrollment, 12. Burke.
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3.00 Credits
Survey of transformation of Western Europe from the Renaissance through the French Revolution. Focuses on social, political, economic and intellectual developments; examination of primary sources and secondary studies. Stress on basic skills in the study of history. (Writing-intensive.) Maximum enrollment, 20.
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