Spanish 111 - Elementary Spanish I

Limited enrollment; departmental permission required.  Preference is given to students with no prior preparation in Spanish. Emphasis on listening comprehension and speaking, with gradual introduction of reading and writing. Fall

Spanish 112 - Elementary Spanish II

Spanish 112 or the equivalent in language skills and departmental permission.  Emphasis on listening comprehension and speaking, with gradual introduction of reading and writing. Winter

Spanish 161 - Intermediate Spanish I

Spanish 112 or the equivalent in language skills and departmental permission. Intensive, concentrated course in review grammar and reading, with practice in listening and speaking. Fall

Spanish 162 - Intermediate Spanish II

Spanish 161 or the equivalent in language skills and departmental permission.  Intensive, concentrated course in review grammar and reading, with practice in listening and speaking. Winter

Spanish 164 - Advanced Intermediate Spanish

Departmental permission as a result of placement examination for entering students. Emphasis on reading and composition skills, with extensive practice in speaking and listening through class discussion. Some grammar review. Fall

Spanish 190 - Bibliographical Resources

Departmental permission. A general introduction to bibliographic tools and their effective use, followed by instruction in specialized research methods and bibliography in the study of Spanish literature. Degree credit is awarded for only one 190 course regardless of academic discipline.  Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.

Spanish 201 –

Supervised Study Abroad in Costa Rica

Direct exposure to the language, people, and culture of Costa Rica.   Designed to improve grammar and vocabulary of the advanced student through intensive training in Spanish with special emphasis on oral proficiency.  The program includes a community-based service learning component and excursions to local and national sites of interest, with special attention to local ecological sites. Spring

Spanish 202 - Supervised Study Abroad

Spanish 162, 164, or equivalent, good standing, permission of the department, and approval of the International Education Committee.  Offered subject to sufficient enrollment. A period of direct exposure to the language, culture, and people of Spain. The program includes supervised academic projects, lectures by native authorities, attendance at the theater and other cultural activities. Students majoring in subjects other than Spanish, as well as language majors, are encouraged to apply. Three credits may be in Spanish and three in another subject. Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.

Spanish 204 - Conversational Skills

Spanish 162 or 164 and permission of the instructor. Development of speaking skills for communication in Spanish. Acquisition and use of practical vocabulary and development of pronunciation skills. Not open to students with study abroad credit in Spanish or Spanish 202. Spring

Spanish 204 - Conversational Skills

Spanish 162 or 164 and permission of the instructor. Development of speaking skills for communication in Spanish. Acquisition and use of practical vocabulary and development of pronunciation skills. Not open to students with study abroad credit in Spanish or Spanish 202. Spring

Spanish 207 - Introducción a la literatura hispanoamericana

Spanish 162, 164 or the equivalent language skills.  Hispanoamerican literary masterpieces from colonial times through the present. Readings and discussions are primarily in Spanish. Winter

Spanish 208 - Introducción a la literatura española

Spanish 162, 164 or the equivalent language skills. Spanish literary masterpieces from the Poema del Cid through the present. Readings and discussions are primarily in Spanish. Fall

Spanish 211 - Spanish Civilization and Culture

Spanish 162, 164 or equivalent. A survey of significant developments in Spanish civilization. The course addresses Spanish heritage and the present-day cultural patterns formed by its legacies. Readings, discussions and papers primarily in Spanish for further development of communication skills. Winter

Spanish 212 - Spanish-American Civilization and Culture

Spanish 162, 164 or equivalent and permission of the instructor. A survey of significant developments in Spanish-American civilizations. The course addresses Spanish-American heritage and the present-day cultural patterns formed by its legacies. Readings, discussions and papers primarily in Spanish for further development of communication skills. Fall

Spanish 215 - Introducción al análisis literario

Any other 200-level Spanish course, or departmental approval. Preparation for analysis of Hispanic literature. Composition develops style and method for analyzing prose, poetry, and drama in Spanish. Conversation continues vocabulary building and concentrates on discussion of literary themes. Fall, Winter

Spanish 295 - Special Topics in Conversation

Three credits from any 200-level Spanish course or permission of the instructor. Further development of listening and speaking skills necessary for advanced discussion. Acquisition of both practical and topic-specific vocabulary. Appropriate writing and reading assignments related to the topic accompany the primary emphasis on conversational skills. A recent topic: Hispanic Cinema. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different. Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.

Spanish 311 - La Comedia del Siglo de Oro

Spanish 208 and 215. Close reading and discussion of a variety of selected Golden Age dramas of the 17th century. Representative dramatists may include Calderón de la Barca, Tirso de Molina, Lope de Vega, and María de Zayas. Winter 2006 and alternate years.

Spanish 313 - Don Quijote

Spanish 208 and 215. Focuses on Cervantes’ Don Quijote de la Mancha but includes additional readings and discussion of the prose fiction, lyric and narrative poetry of the Middle Ages and Renaissance which are reflected in the novel itself. Fall 2005 and alternate years.

Spanish 314 - Modern Spanish Prose Fiction

Spanish 208 and 215. The development of the Spanish novel from the late 19th century through the present day. Representative authors may include Galdos, Baroja, Unamuno, Cela, Martín Gaite, and Mayoral. Fall 2005 and alternate years.

Spanish 315 - The Spanish-American Short Story

Spanish 207 and 215. A study of the Spanish-American short story with special attention to the works of Quiroga, Borges, Cortázar, and Valenzuela. Spring 2006 and alternate years.

Spanish 316 - Modern Hispanic Poetry

Spanish 208 and 215. The development of poetry in Hispanic literature from Romanticism through the generation of 1927. Close reading and analysis of poetic texts using the “explicación de texto” method. Representative authors include Espronceda, Bécquer, Darío, Jiménez, Machado, Alberti, GarcÌa Lorca, and Salinas.  Fall

Spanish 317 - The Contemporary Spanish-American Novel

Spanish 207 and 215. Readings in the contemporary Spanish-American novel focusing on prominent post-World War II writers with special emphasis on the members of the “Boom” generation, such as Rulfo, Fuentes, García Márquez, Vargas Llosa, Carpentier, and Puig. Winter

Spanish 324 –

Visions of the Nation: Romanticism and the Generation of ‘98

A study of the contrasting identities of Spain, her land and peoples, as represented by Romanticism and the Generation of 1898. From the romantic period students will read the popular and folkloric "romances" of Duque de Rivas and the works of Mariano José de Larra.  Works from the more philosophical Generation of 1898 include: El árbol de la ciencia by Pío Baroja,  the poetry of Antonio Machado, and various texts of Miguel de Unamuno. 

Spanish 328 –

Contemporary Spanish Poetry

A study of  Spanish poetry within its historical context from Romanticism until the present day. Special emphasis is given to the generations of 1898 and 1927, the poetry of the Spanish Civil War and the Franco period.  Representative authors include  Antonio Macahdo,  Federico García Lorca, Rafael Alberti, and Gloria Fuertes.

Spanish 344-Spanish American Poetry

Analysis of the most relevant poetic texts of Spanish-America, including U.S. Hispanic poetry, beginning with precursors of the Twentieth Century poetry and spanning to contemporary works.  May include representative works by Octavio Paz, Gabriela Mistral, Pablo Neruda, Nicanor Parra, Ernesto Cardenal, Raúl Zurita, among others.

Spanish 346-Spanish American Essay

Readings in Spanish-American Essay with emphasis on the development of thought in literature and culture throughout its history. Special emphasis on prominent writers such as José Carlos Mariátegui, Octavio Paz, José Martí, José Vasconcelos, and Victoria Ocampo, among others.

Spanish 348-Spanish American Women Writers

An examination of the role of women writers in the development of Spanish-American literary history, including U.S. Hispanic writers.  Textual and cultural analysis of readings from multiple genres by authors such as Poniatowska, Ferré, Bombal, Mastretta, Gambaro, Lispector, Valenzuela, Castellanos, Cisneros, Esquivel, Peri Rossi, and Allende among others

Spanish 350 – The Cuban Story

A multi-genre examination of XXth century Cuba as its own “story”.  Beginning with the first European account of Columbus, to insights from slaves, to finally more recent writers who question its future, the course presents the development of Cuban society as its own narrative.  Major readings by Manzano, Barnet, Marti, Carpentier, Castro, Guevara, Garcia, and Hernandez Diaz among others. Shorter anthologized works by Guillen, Lezama Lima, Valdes, Novas Calvo, Cabrera Infante, and Sarduy among others.  Films by Guitierrz Alea, Vega, Solas, and Tabio, among others

Spanish 395 - Peninsular Seminar

At least six credits of 300-level Spanish and permission of the department. A seminar focusing on a single period, genre, motif, or writer. The specific topic will be determined jointly according to student interest and departmental approval. Recent topics have included “The Female Voice in Hispanic Literature,” “19th- and 20th-Century Spanish drama,” and “The Women of the Golden Age.” May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different. Winter, Spring

Spanish 395 - Peninsular Seminar

Spanish 395 - Peninsular Seminar

A seminar focusing on the development of the female protagonist in 20th century Spanish literature.  A multi-generic approach that considers the changing role of the female protagonist as depicted in works of theater, poetry, essay, and narrative.  Through the close reading of plays, novels, and short stories, and the evaluation of critical essays, the following structural and thematic questions are studied:  how does the female protagonist absorb and reflect the culture of which she is inherently a part; how are culture and gender intertwined and how do they manifest themselves in the selected works; what specific elements of Iberian feminism are noticeably missing or are craftily incorporated into these works as a whole; what are the fundamental differences between the theatrical and prose portrayals of the protagonist.

Spanish 396 - Spanish American Seminar

At least six credits of 300-level Spanish and permission of the department. A seminar focusing on a single period, genre, motif, or writer. The specific topic will be determined jointly according to student interest and departmental approval. Recent topics have included “Mexico contemporáneo y su literatura” and “The Spanish American Nobel Laureates.” May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different. Winter

Spanish 396 - Spanish American Seminar

A seminar focusing on Mexican and Mexican-American women writers.  Students will examine the role of women writers in the development of Mexican and Mexican-American literary history.  The course includes readings from  Mexican women writers from Sor Juana to the present day, with an emphasis on textual and cultural analysis by means of sophisticated readings, class discussion, individual presentations, exams, and papers.  Readings will encompass all genres:  poetry; short story; drama; novel; essay. The class will also welcome León Guillermo Gutiérrez, a visiting lecturer from Mexico City who has written copiously on Mexican literary and cultural history and has contributed to that same history as a creative writer. 

Spanish 396 - Spanish American Seminar

20th Century Latin American Theater. Prerequisites: Spanish 207 and 215. This course provides a panoramic view of the theater in Latin America during the 20th century. The course readings include authors whose works represent different trends in Latin American Theater, such as Roberto Arlt, Jorge Díaz, Griselda Gambaro, Emilio Carballido, and Sabina Berman among others. Students are expected to participate in dramatic activities such as improvisations, dramatic readings and a brief performance. No theater experience required or necessary

Spanish 396 - Spanish American Seminar

De lo mágico a lo fantástico An extensive examination of implausible concepts of “reality,” as posited by contemporary Latin American authors.  Students will offer textual analyses of works dealing with the supernatural, surreal, super-real, Gothic, and the Fantastic, with special emphasis on the Magic-Real. Readings–both short narrative and novels–include texts by Arreola, Asturias, Bioy Casares, Borges, Carpentier, Cortázar, Fuentes, García Márquez, Gorodischer, Llana, Peri Rossi, and Valenzuela among others.

Spanish 493 - Honors Thesis

Honors candidacy and permission of the department.  Fall-Winter