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3.00 Credits
Writing is a major activity in advanced Spanish courses whether it is compositions, book reports, business letters, literary reviews or term papers. This course prepares the student to analyze texts and literary works about social, political and cultural issues, while improving writing skills and acquiring new vocabulary. The aim of the course is to learn how to use skills such as summarizing, comparing, expressing opinions and thoughts on paper in a logical and readable form. ( Fall)
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This course is intended as both a stimulus for conversation among advanced students of Spanish and as an introduction to the world of Spanish and Latin-American film. Thus, rather than a conversation course based on a series of "topics of the day",the course supports a language skills course based on a single, consistent subject matter throughout film. The goal is that any student who completes this course will gain a new appreciation of Spanish-language cinema and Hispanic culture while improving conversational skills. ( Winter)
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to literary analysis through close readings of texts from the early to modern periods of Latin American literature to the present. It engages students in the practice of textual criticism, provides basic theoretical background to develop critical skills and encourages reflection on literature as a system. Prerequisite: Advanced Spanish Review and Written Contemporary Spanish or equivalent and approval by the Director of the Latin American Studies Program. ( Fall) (Spring)
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with a solid foundation in business vocabulary, basic business and cultural concepts, and situational practice, thereby helping to prepare them for success in today's Spanish-speaking business world. Key unfamiliar business vocabulary and cultural concepts are presented. The business topics reflect the typical curriculum in an American Business School. ( Fall)
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3.00 Credits
The course introduces eleven master writers in the Hispanic world who were awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. In addition, the course studies the relevance of their works in their cultural, social and political contexts. ( Winter) (Summer)
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3.00 Credits
This course uses the Hispanic short story to introduce students to the critical skills needed for reading literature in Spanish. Through a varied selection of short stories by writers as Juan Madrid, Soledad Puértolas, Antonio Mu?oz Molina and Paloma Díaz-Mas, students will compare and contrast themes such as the Spanish social hierarchy, the mysteries of childhood, human psychology and human destiny, among others. The course will stress the plot or the linear progression of the story and will raise analytical questions about the narrative style and message of the short stories. ( Spring)
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3.00 Credits
This course traces the movement of the contemporary novel away from realism toward self-referentiality. It also studies how literary works are transformed into film, and analyzes the relationship between literature and film. Topics include film adaptations of novels, the cinematic narrative, and the integration of cinematic techniques in the literary text. We analyze screenings of film adaptations. Works by Carpentier, Garcia Márquez, Borges, Cortazar, Quiroga, F. Hernandez, Rulfo, Bioy Casares, Fuentes, Puig, and Vargas Llosa will be studied. ( Spring)
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3.00 Credits
This course studies the historical, artistic and literary developments of Spain during the XVI and XVII centuries. We analyze masterpieces of different genres from the comedies of Lope de Vega to the poetry of Quevedo, Gongora and the mystics. Special emphasis will be made on the most important novel of this period, El Quijote, and the other works of Miguel de Cervantes. We will also go a step further and examine the enormous influence of the baroque aesthetic on modern and post-modern authors. ( Fall)
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3.00 Credits
The course considers the complex relationships between film, literature and the arts in XX century Spanish culture. We survey Spanish film from the silent era surrealist masterpieces of Luis Bu?uel to the post-modern deconstruction of comedy and melodrama in the works of Pedro Almodovar. Topics include film adaptations of novels and plays, the cinematic narrative of avant-garde authors and the integration of the cinematic apparatus in the text. ( Spring)
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3.00 Credits
The course explores the concept of "Magic Realism" as anarrative tendency in the works of Gabriel García Márquez andother Latin American writers such as Isabel Allende, Miguel Angel Asturias, Alejo Carpentier, Rosario Ferre and Carlos Fuentes. ( Fall) (Spring).
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