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3.00 Credits
A selective study of literature from the Iberian peninsula produced from the Visigothic era to the present and available in English translation. The course may be organized as a major-works or major-authors course, or it may focus on a theme or themes. Taught in English. Prerequisite: ENG 150 or SPAN 250
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3.00 Credits
A selective study of the major figures and literary trends of the Latin American literature. The selected works and authors are studied from the point of view of their contributions to universal literature. Emphasis is placed on figures like: Isabel Allende, Jorge Luis Borges, Alejo Carpentier, José Donoso, Laura Esquivel, Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez, René Marqués, Gabriela MistraOctavio Paz, and others. Taught in English. (Cross-listed with LAS 301) Prerequisite: ENG 150 or SPAN 250
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3.00 Credits
A study of the social and literary traditions of the Spanish speaking Caribbean (Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico) within the context of the Caribbean Basin. Emphasis is given to the major literary and social works from the Modernismo to the present. Representatives works by Bosch, Brull, Cabrera Infante, Carpentier, del Cabral, Ferré, Florit, Guillén, Henriquez Ure?, Lloréns Torres, LimaPalés Matos, and others. (Cross-listed with LAS 302) Prerequisite: SPAN 250
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3.00 Credits
A contemporary cultural theory-based approach to the study of the most representative cultural, socio-political, philosophical, literary, and artistic contributions of Spain within the broader context of Western and non-Western (Islamic) civilization. Prerequisite: Any 200 level course beyond SPAN 221
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3.00 Credits
A contemporary cultural theory-based approach to the study of Latin America's social and political institutions, art, literature, and philosophy. (Cross-listed with LAS 304) Prerequisite: Any 200-level course beyond SPAN 221
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3.00 Credits
A study of the culture of the Latinos in the United States surveying the most representative cultural, social, and artistic contributions of Latinos to main stream United States culture. Includes a study of the literature, music, theater, and cultural trends. The course focuses on the cultural production of Chicanos, Cuban-Americans, Dominican- Americans, Puerto Ricans, and others. Taught in Spanish and English. (Cross-listed with LAS 305) Prerequisite: Any 200 level course beyond SPAN 221
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to grammar of the Spanish language, with emphasis on the syntactical and semantic features. The course is directed at students who have already acquired a reasonably good level of proficiency in Spanish and who wish to further consolidate, develop, and improve this proficiency. It enhances student's knowledge and comprehension of Spanish grammar and develops the ability to apply such grammatical knowledge in the spoken and written language.
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3.00 Credits
A selective study of the major figures and literary trends of Puerto Rican literature from 1898 to the present. Course describes the social and political changes as well as the sociopolitical crisis of the twentieth century. The course focuses on topics of nation and identity. (Cross-listed with LAS 320) Prerequisite: SPAN 250
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3.00 Credits
Explores and examines the race, slavery, and black experience evolution in nineteenth and twentieth-century Hispanic Caribbean texts. Discussion focuses on the origins, influences, and projections of the Caribbean Hispanic literature. (Cross-listed with LAS 322) Prerequisite: SPAN 250 Languages and Cultures 213
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the literary production of the winners of the Nobel Prize in literature from Spain and Spanish America. The course focuses on the genre explored by these writers and covers the manner in which each one portrayed his/her space at an international level. Prerequisite: SPAN 250 3 credits
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