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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Periodically An overview of Spanish-American literature and historiography from the pre-Columbian through the Colonial time to the 1880s. Theoretical and critical discussions of readings, films, documentary and other available materials on the period. One of the main goals of the course includes the revision and challenge of certain traditionally accepted concepts such as discovery, New World, Indian, or even Latin America, and their relocation in a non-eurocentric perspective. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Credit given for this course or SPAN 198, not both.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Periodically A survey of Spanish literature from the 18th to the early 20th century covering works representative of "La ilustración," the various literary movements of the 1800s (Romanticism, "Costumbrismo," Realism and Naturalism), and up to the generations of 1898 and 19Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Credit given for this course or SPAN 115, not both.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Periodically An overview of Spanish-American literature from the late 19th century to the present, covering a variety of genres (poetry, short story, essay, testimonio, and the novel), with close attention to relevant literary and socio-political contexts. This course explores themes such as Spanish-American identity, the tensions between nationalism and globalization, race and national cultures, the relationship of history to literature, representations of gender and the body Hispanic. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Credit given for this course or SPAN 199, not both.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Periodically The course focuses on the implantation of the Spanish political, religious and cultural institutions in the Latin-American Colonies and the later transition to national entities (caciquismo, machismo, Catholicism, military dictatorship, etc.) and their literary projections. It explores locations and representations of power and resistance (the state, the church, the convent, the plantation), along with the possibility of resistance to an authority always already in place, and dual role of the body as material and theoretical protagonist in that resistance, and the problematic status of woman in an inherited male culture.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Periodically The issue of national and regional identity has been a constant obsession of writers and thinkers in Spain and Spanish America since at least the end of the 19th century. This course traces the trajectory of this obsession through the writings of authors such as Unamuno, MartÃ, Paz, J. Goytisolo, and Lezama Lima. Who qualifies for inclusion in these formulations Who is excluded from them Is it even possible to describe the character of a people or a nation What is the social function of such portraits
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Periodically An exploration of Hispanic cultures in the United States, from the colonial period through the present, with attention to diverse forms of expression (literature, film, music). This course focuses on Latino identity, the changing relations of Latinos to the majority culture, the tensions between preservation and modifications of traditions, the issues of nostalgia, cultural memory, hybridity, and linguistic purity.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Periodically The connection between Iberia and Latin America, the complex relationship between their histories, cultures, politics and literary traditions as revealed primarily in fiction and the essay. Concentrating on the past as both the subject of fiction and as a source of inscribing fiction, the course traces the ways in which writers self-consciously participate in the construction of a Latin-American canon. Issues surrounding colonization and independence, mestizaje and melting pot, domination and selfdetermination, and the ambivalence of history in a "new" world is addressed.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Periodically A study of current events and their impact on popular culture and literary representations nation by nation, day by day. The course pays attention to main leaders of the Hispanic world, forces of dissidence and terrorism, sources of crisis, and sources of hope. It also focuses on the integration of popular culture and globalization processes as part of the construction of new identities.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Once a year An overview of Spanish literature from the end of the dictatorship to the present. Covering a variety of genres (novel, poetry, short story), the course pays attention to the socio-political background, as well as to the literary and cultural context. It also addresses questions of gender and nationalism as they relate to literary production. The works studied represent the major trends in the Spanish cultural and literary scene from the emergence of democracy to the present.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Lectures and discussions on Spanish literature from its origins to the beginnings of the 16th century.
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