Offers a basic level of Spanish understanding, speaking, reading and writing for students who have no knowledge of Spanish whatsoever.
NOTE Also offered online, consult Arts and Science Online (Learning Hours may vary).
NOTE Also offered at the Bader International Studies Centre, Herstmonceux (Learning Hours may vary).
The continuation of SPAN 111. Also for students entering the University who have some knowledge of Spanish but have not completed 4U Spanish or equivalent. For these students an assessment exam or interview with an academic adviser is required before registration. Contact the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures for details.
NOTE Also offered at the Bader International Studies Centre, Herstmonceux (Learning Hours may vary).
A review of the fundamentals of Spanish, in cultural contexts, designed to develop aural, oral, reading and writing skills.
An advanced treatment of the written and spoken language, involving a study of syntax and style, written composition, translation into Spanish and oral discussions of cultural topics.
This course is an intermediate conversation course designed to advance skills in oral communication and cultural competence, supported by grammar review and written assignments. Students will engage with different media sources, including Spanish-language film, news items, cultural readings, music and literary texts.
This course provides a comprehensive review of the most difficult aspects of Spanish grammar through advanced exercises in reading, composition, and conversation. The goal of the course is to consolidate and perfect the student's written and oral skills.
This course provides a comprehensive review of the most difficult aspects of Spanish grammar through advanced exercises in reading, composition, and conversation. The goal of the course is to consolidate and perfect the student's written and oral skills.
Intensive practice in advanced grammar with a focus on Spanish for business, technical, administrative and related cultural purposes.
Intensive practice in advanced grammar with a focus on Spanish for business, technical, administrative and related cultural purposes.
A study of selected works by Spanish American writers such as Horacio Quiroga, Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges, Juan Rulfo, Julio Cortázar and Reinaldo Arenas.
The Spanish Civil War (1936-39) culminated in the military overthrow of the Republican government and the beginning of Francisco Franco's long dictatorship. This course examines artistic representations of the war in film (both documentary and fictional) and in other visual media (paintings, photography, posters), as well as in the written works of both Spanish and foreign authors such as Orwell, Hemingway, Neruda, Sender and Rodoreda.
A study of Don Quijote I and a selection of his short theatrical Interludes. The course will consider the socio-economic and historical context and the literary implications of these works to provide a better understanding of 17th century Spain and the significance Cervantes' works still hold today.
NOTE Taught in English together with LLCU 330. Students concentrating in Spanish submit written assignments, tests and examinations in Spanish.
A study of Don Quijote II and a selection of novellas from Cervantes' Exemplary Novels. The course will consider the socio-economic and historical context and the literary implications of the continuation of Don Quijote I to provide a better understanding of 17th century Spain and the significance Cervantes' works hold today.
NOTE Taught in English with LLCU 331. Written work and examinations are in Spanish. Readings are in translation.
Short theatre played an important role in the theatre of Spanish Golden Age. In this course students will study the literary particularities of the genre and the social ramifications of the themes present in short theatre (gender, battle of the sexes, diversity, authority amongst others) and their historical and contemporary relevance.
NOTE Taught in English with LLCU 332. Written work and examinations are in Spanish. Readings are in translation.
Baroque playwrights took full advantage of the actor Juan Rana's well-known queerness to subvert implicitly and explicitly the social norms of sexual and gender identity still questioned today. Course will examine Spanish Baroque short theatre in general and historically contextualize its subversion of social, sexual, gender, and patriarchal norms.
NOTE Taught in English with LLCU 333. Students concentrating in Spanish submit written assignments, tests, and examinations in Spanish.
A study of changes in Spanish society as reflected in film and/or literature.
A survey of the major authors and works of Latin American literature from 1492 to the end of the 19th century. Readings will include texts from all genres and will illustrate the main cultural and historical trends and movements.
A survey of the major authors and works of Latin American literature from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. Readings will include texts from all genres and will illustrate the main cultural and historical trends and movements.
A study of recent contributions to Latin American cultural production by women, including an overview of gender issues and the role women have played in their nations' history. The course will also explore the variety of voices that make up the cultural production of women in Latin America in terms of class, ethnicity, race and sexual orientation.
NOTE Taught in English with LLCU 354. Student concentrating in Spanish submit written assignments, tests and examinations in Spanish.
An introduction to the major authors and works of the literature of Spain from its beginnings to the end of the 17th Century. Through study and analysis students will obtain a general understanding of the main cultural, historical, and societal trends and movements during these periods.
An introduction to the major authors and works of the literature of Spain from the Enlightenment to the present. Through study and analysis students will obtain a general understanding of the main cultural and historical and societal trends and movements during these eras.
This course aims to perfect the students' ability to write and speak in Spanish, with intensive practice of advanced Spanish grammatical structures through translation exercises, as well as compositions and oral work.
This course aims to perfect the students' ability to write and speak in Spanish, with intensive practice of advanced Spanish grammatical structures through translation exercises, as well as compositions and oral work.
An introduction to contemporary literary theories and the analysis of Hispanic texts from reader-, structural- and author-oriented perspectives.
NOTE Taught in English together with LLCU 316/3.0. Students concentrating in Spanish submit written assignments, tests, and examination in Spanish. Normally they will read Hispanic texts in the original.
Students will view and analyze a selection of Almodóvar's films within the context of Spain and other countries. The study of gender, sexual, cultural and societal identity and other fundamentals of contemporary theory will be central to this course.
NOTE Taught in English together with LLCU 208/3.0. Students concentrating in Spanish submit written assignments, tests, and examination in Spanish.
This course will explore major themes of development in relation to gender in Latin America through its manifestation in film. Films will be chosen from all regions of Latin America, including Brazil.
NOTE Taught in English together with LLCU 328/3.0. Students concentrating in Spanish submit written assignments, tests and examinations in Spanish.
This course will examine critically a variety of representative Latin American films from a historical and filmic perspective. Beginning with the Peron era in the 1940s and 50s, and continuing through the dictatorship years of 1976 to 1983 and its aftermaths, we will examine how Argentine filmmakers express national reality and identity.
NOTE Taught in English with LLCU 358. Students concentrating in Spanish submit written assignments, tests and examinations in Spanish.
Seminar courses on topics in Spanish literature. Course details to be announced on website.
Seminar courses on topics in Spanish American literature. Course details to be announced on website.
Seminar courses on topics in Spanish literature. Course details to be announced on website.
Reading courses in selected fields of Peninsular literature to meet the needs of advanced students for whom a seminar course is not available. Course details to be announced on website.
Reading courses in selected fields of Spanish American literature to meet the needs of advanced students for whom a seminar course is not available. Course details to be announced on website.