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3.00 Credits
HU (Cross-listed in Independent College Programs and Latin American and Iberian Studies) R.Castillo Sandoval An interdisciplinary exploration of Latin America and Spain. Topics will include imperial expansion, colonialism, independence, national and cultural identities, and revolution. This course is designed to serve as the introduction to the Concentration in Latin American and Iberian Studies. Course taught in English.
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3.00 Credits
HU (Cross-listed in Comparative Literature) A.Saad-Maura An exploration of Hispanic-American diaspora in New York City through literature, film and pop music will address the discourse of a hybrid Anglo/Hispanic/Latino culture and identity. Historical and theoretical readings about urban life will serve as backdrop for the literary works. Prerequisite: SPAN 102, placement, or consent.
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3.00 Credits
HU (Cross-listed in Latin American and Iberian Studies) I.Burshatin This course examines the different ways in which poetry and poets are in the "world." Study of the relationships between poetics and power will guide a close reading of works written since 1898: poetry and national renewal after the collapse of empire, avant-garde aesthetics, the Spanish Civil War, and post-war generations (Machado, García Lorca, Cernuda, Hernández, Fuertes) . Prerequisite : SPA N 102 , placement, or consent of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
HU (Cross-listed in Comparative Literature and Latin American and Iberian Studies) I.Burshatin Study of Cervantes, Don Quixote and of some of the works of fiction, criticism, philosophy, music, art and film which have drawn from Cervantes's novel or address its formal and thematic concerns, including self-reflexivity, nation and narration, and constructions of gender, class, and "race" in narrative. Other authors read include Borges, Foucault, Laurence Sterne, Graham Greene, Vladimir Nabokov, and Kathy Acker. Course taught in English.
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3.00 Credits
HU A.López Sánchez The course explores the social and political questions that have shaped Spain in the post-Franco era, and the language that defines them. We will examine the transition to democracy, nationalism and the shifts in linguistic policy, the 'Basque problem', and the current debates over national identity. Prerequisite: SPAN 102, placement, or consent.
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3.00 Credits
HU R.Castillo Sandoval This course deals with the principle works of Pablo Neruda's long career as a poet. Close readings of his major poems will be accompanied by an examination of the criticism and reception of Neruda's poetry at different stages of his trajectory. Special attention will be paid to the creation and elaboration of Neruda's image as a poet, cultural icon, and political figure in Chile and in the Spanish-speaking world. Prerequisite: SPAN 102, placement, or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
HU I.Burshatin,R.Castillo Sandoval The goal of this course is to foster dialogue and understanding between Americans and Cubans by familiarizing students with the writing, thought, and other cultural expressions of contemporary Cuba. Students write several short papers during the semester (including a travel journal of their trip to Cuba) and submit a final research paper based, in part, on their experiences on the island (the one-week trip to Cuba during spring break is required). Course taught in English. Prerequisite: Application which demonstrates student interest in participating in activities that will facilitate personal one-on-one contacts in Cuba. Offered occasionally.
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3.00 Credits
HU R.Castillo Sandoval A fiction-writing workshop for students whose Spanish-writing skills are at an advanced level. The class will be conducted as a combination seminar/workshop, with time devoted to discussion of syllabus readings and student work. The course will focus on essential matters of craft and technique in creative writing (point of view, voice, dialogue, narrative structure, etc.). Principally, we will be concerned with how stories work rather than what they mean. This perspective can prove a useful lens for reconsidering works long accepted as "great", and a practical method for developing individual styles and strategies of writing.
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3.00 Credits
HU (Cross-listed in Latin American and Iberian Studies) A.Saad Maura A selection of short stories and novels from Puerto Rico and Cuba, including Luis Rafael Sánchez, Magaly García Ramis, Rosario Ferré , Emilio Díaz Valcárcel, Senel Paz, Alejo Carpentier, Guillermo Cabrera Infante and oth ers. Prerequis it e: A 200 level course or consent of instruct
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3.00 Credits
HU R.Castillo Sandoval A selection of recent, representative Latin American fiction, examined in light of the transformations in the narrative discourse after the seminal novels of the Latin American "Boom" of the 60's and 70's. Prerequisite: A 200 level course or consent of instructor.
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