Not all the courses listed below will be offered in any one term or year. Candidates should consult the Head of the Department of Spanish concerning courses to be offered in the near future. Every attempt will be made to arrange programs to suit the needs and special interests of individual students.
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SPAN-806*  |
Teoría literaria contemporánea |
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An intensive study for students of Hispanic literature of the contemporary theoretical standpoints from which literary texts' production, structures and reception are understood and explained. Three term-hours; Fall. D.F. Chamberlain.
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| SPAN-807* |
La perspectiva en la narrativa |
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This course starts from the standpoint of phenomenological hermeneutics in order to offer a detailed study of the character and structure of narrative perspective as well as the role it plays in interpretation. Texts for interpretation will include selections from the works of Gabriel García Márquez, Juan Rulfo, Alejo Carpentier, Julio Cortázar, Jorge Luis Borges and Reinaldo Arenas.
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| SPAN-808* |
La tradición narrativa oral |
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A study of the Hispanic oral narrative tradition with special focus on the Mexican corrido. Students examine audio, cinematographic, documentary, and written productions in order to explore the role oral narrative plays in the development of identities in local, regional, national, and international contexts. Readings will cover attempts to define oral narrative from sociological, archetypical, historical, and structural perspectives. Students will be asked to consider how the inclusion of an oral narrative tradition comes to bear on configurations of literary history and theory.
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| SPAN-821* |
Spanish Golden Age Theatre |
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The quality and quantity of plays written and staged during the Spanish Golden Age make it one of the most important and prolific periods in the history of Western theatre. This course introduces students to the main concepts and themes of Spanish Gold Age Theatre and provides a comprehensive understanding of this complex and tumultuous historical period. The course includes works by Lope de Rueda, Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, Calderón de la Barca and other representative playwrights.
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| SPAN-824* |
Teatro Breve |
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The interlude holds an important place in the history of Spanish Golden Age theatre. First performed on the streets, this short play genre eventually became an integrative part of main stage productions and royal performances. Embracing a carnavalesque topsy-turvy view of the world, it questions and subverts the norms of society. This course will cover the literary, social and historical ramifications of this theatre genre and highlight their relevance to our contemporary world. 0.5 credits. Three term-hours. To be offered in alternate years.
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| SPAN-826* |
Cervantes I: Don Quijote |
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A detailed reading of Don Quijote with particular consideration given to Cervantes' originality, the special problems of the art of fiction and the Cervantine solutions provided in this masterpiece. Three term hours; Winter term. P. Thompson.
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| SPAN-827* |
La novela picaresca |
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A structural and thematic approach to the most important examples of the Spanish picaresque novel. Special attention will be given to dominant trends in recent critical and literary-historical treatment of picaresque fiction.
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| SPAN-828* |
Cervantes II: Cervantes' Later Works |
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In this course, students will study the second part of Don Quijote and other later works by Cervantes, including Las Novelas ejemplares, Viaje al Parnaso and Ochoentremeses y ocho comedias. The course will consider the social and historical context and the literary implications of this important continuation of Cervantes I.
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| SPAN-835* |
Contemporary Spanish Theatre |
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A study of the three periods constituting contemporary Spanish theater: Pre-Spanish Civil War, Franco and Post-Franco. Special attention will be given to García Lorcas Andalusian tragedies from the first period, to works of the realist generation of Buero Vallejo, Recuerda, Olmo, and Rodríguez Méndez written under the constraints of Franco, and, finally to plays focusing on the problems of modern life within a democratic society written by Alonso de Santos, Cabal and Pedredo in the third period. The study of these playwrights and others will facilitate a better understanding of contemporary Spain and its theater. Three term hours; Fall term. P. Novell.
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| SPAN-836* |
Spanish Peninsular Poetry of the 20th Century |
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This course examines Spanish poetic production during the twentieth century, with special attention given to the aesthetic transformations during the three historical/political moments that best characterize this period: the Republic, Franco’s dictatorship, and democracy. Authors belonging to the "Generación del 27," the "Poesía del exilio," and the "Poesía de la experiencia" will be studied among others.
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| SPAN-837* |
España ante el autobiografismo |
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This course offers a theoretical reflection on autobiography that will consider the genre´s principal forms as well as subgenres such as memoirs, diaries, self portraits and letters. It will offer an overview of the genre´s theoretical status quo as well as an examination of recent challenges to traditional theoretical positions. Three term- hours. To be offered in alternate years.
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| SPAN-843* |
Cuban Arts and Literature (Beyond the Revolution: Politics and Cultural Production in Cuba, 1959-2009) |
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An analysis of the evolution of Cuba’s cultural field and its production during and after the Revolution centering on the dialogue established between key literary texts, visual art, and specific historical events. Cuba in the Caribbean and Latin American context, the cultural field post-1959, iconic revolutionary figures, issues of race and gender, and other pertinent subject matter is examined.
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| SPAN-844* |
Lit. femenina latinoamericana |
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A seminar devoted to special topics on the development and theory of women's literary and cultural production in Latin America from the Colonial period to the present. The course will cover a variety of fundamental writers, such as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Gabriela Mistral, Alfonsina Storni, Delmira Agustini, Rosario Castellanos, Elena Poniatowska, Rigoberta Menchú and others.
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| SPAN-845* |
Novela del dictador |
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A seminar devoted to special topics on the theory and development of narratives whose discourse centers on the notions of power and dictatorship in Latin America, beginning with the key novel, Tirano Banderas by Ramón del Valle Inclán. Other works will include novels and short stories by writers such as Miguel Angel Asturias, Gabriel García Márquez, Augusto Roa Bastos, Alejo Carpentier, Marta Traba, Luisa Valenzuela and others.
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| SPAN-846* |
Cine hispanoamericano |
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A seminar devoted to the theory and development of film in Latin America, with special focus on the importance of the theoretical concepts of Third Cinema. Attention will also be paid to film as a cultural manifestation of historical or political movements, and the relationship between film and literature. The seminar will focus on the film production in specific regions or countries in different years. Films to be examined may include Memorias del subdesarrollo, Fresa y chocolate, La vida es silbar, La historia oficial, Tangos: El exilio de Gardel, Camila among others.
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| SPAN-891* |
Lecturas seleccionadas |
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A course of selected readings exemplifying a period, theoretical issue or genre in Peninsular or Spanish American Literature, as may be needed by individual students. By arrangement with the Head of Department.
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| SPAN-892* |
Temas específicos |
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A seminar on specific themes, theoretical issues or problems in Peninsular or Spanish American literature, as may serve the special research desires of individual students. In recent years, specific themes treated in this course have centered on La epopeya castellana and on La novela de la violencia en Colombia. By arrangement with the Head of Department. Three term-hours; Winter term. V. Garibotto.
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| SPAN-898 |
Project Course |
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This course is the student’s mini thesis (project) which is reviewed by two members of the department.
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