Spanish Course Descriptions
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.SPANISH 101.01
Elementary Spanish IIntroduction to Spanish; development of listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills; course conducted in Spanish.
SPANISH 102.01
Elementary Spanish IIContinued study of Spanish; development of listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills; course conducted in Spanish.
SPANISH 102.66
Intensive Spanish for ReviewIntensive review of 101 and 102 vocabulary, structure, and skills needed for entry into 103; course conducted in Spanish.
SPANISH 103.01
Intermediate Spanish IContinued study of Spanish; development of listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills; readings based on Spanish culture; course conducted in Spanish.
SPANISH 103.66
Intensive Spanish for Review IIIntensive review of 102 and 103, vocabulary, structure, and skills needed for entry into 104; course conducted in Spanish.
SPANISH 104
Intermediate Spanish IIReading of Spanish short stories, plays, and novels with attention to literary appreciation; development of basic language skills; course conducted in Spanish.
SPANISH 111
Intensive Intermediate SpanishIntensive introduction to Spanish grammar, vocabulary, listening, speaking, reading, and writing; emphasis on communicative skills; equivalent to 103 and 104; course conducted in Spanish. U 10 Credit Hrs. (By permission of the instructor students with credit for 103.01 or 103.66 may register for the course and earn 5 credit hours. The grade is based on class work and attendance for the full quarter.)
SPANISH 240
Comprehension: A Listening Course in SpanishThis course deals with listening strategies and practice for development of literal, evaluative, and critical listening skills in Spanish. Students will study a variety of comprehension strategies and apply them to authentic audio and video texts.
SPANISH 250
Fact and Fiction: A Reading Course In SpanishSpanish 250 is a developmental reading course designed to teach students appropriate strategies for reading Spanish as a second language and provide them with intensive reading practice on a variety of authentic texts, ranging from short journalistic texts (newspaper and magazine articles) to a longer literary text (short novel). Spanish 250 is designed to prepare undergraduate students for the reading demands of 400- and 600- level courses in Spanish and Spanish American literatures and cultures. Level of reading proficiency actually achieved by individual students will depend upon the learner's motivation, previous experience, and degree of engagement in course activities.
SPANISH 322
Spanish Society and the ArtsIntroduction to Spanish art and its relationship to society, from Goya to Toral: a visual approach to culture.
SPANISH 330
Reinventing AmericaVisual and Verbal Narratives of Colonial Latin America
This course discusses the construction of cultural identities in colonial Latin American through the visual and verbal representations of multiethnic cultures in literature and the visual arts. It seeks to develop insights into past and present Latin American cultural and aesthetic expression through the critical reading, viewing and analysis of literary and cultural texts from indigenous as well as Hispanic cultures. Discussion, reading and viewing of texts in English translation and video. In addition to an oral presentation, the student will write short reaction papers based on the cultural texts we discuss and may expect short quizzes and exams. Some of the texts we will analyze are: Popol Vuh: The Maya-Quiche Book of the Dawn of Life and the Glories of Gods and Kings; Selections from Columbus letter and log of his first voyage; 1492-1493; Stuart B. Schwartz, Victors and Vanquished: Spanish and Nahua Views of the Conquest of Mexico; The Narrative of Cabeza de Vaca; Writings and Visual Sites of the Virgin of Guadalupe; and The Casta Paintings of Race and Identity in Colonial Mexico.
SPANISH 401
Advanced GrammarThis is an advanced course in Spanish grammar, which will prepare students for further work in Spanish, and will provide them especially with the background necessary for more advanced courses in Spanish linguistics. While much of the focus will be on continued mastery of the most difficult points of Spanish grammar, the course will also strive to present a novel perspective on grammar as a communicative tool, not as a monolithic set of rules to be memorized.
SPANISH H401
Advanced Grammar, HonorsThis is an advanced course in Spanish grammar, which will prepare students for further work in Spanish, and will provide them especially with the background necessary for more advanced courses in Spanish linguistics. While much of the focus will be on continued mastery of the most difficult points of Spanish grammar, the course will also strive to present a novel perspective on grammar as a communicative tool, not as a monolithic set of rules to be memorized. The Honors section will be enhanced with extensive student-centered classroom activities.
SPANISH 403
Intermediate Spanish CompositionThe purpose of this course is to examine writing processes, and to develop and increase students' proficiency in written expression in Spanish. We will read models of a variety of genres and pattern compositions after them. Major projects include retrato, anuncio, cuento tradicional, entrevista, and ensayo literario.
SPANISH 404
Spanish PronunciationThis course offers a comprehensive review of the pronunciation of Spanish. The fundamental principles of phonetic analysis are introduced in a simple and concise manner in order to show how Spanish sounds are produced, how they fall into patterns, and how they change in different environments. Major attention is devoted to practice with corrective exercises, introductory training phonetic transcription and, to a lesser extent, the problems of teaching pronunciation. Throughout the course we will focus on the contrast between the Spanish and the English sound patterns, an aspect intended to help students understand the major phonetic differences between both languages and at the same time as improve their Spanish pronunciation. The course will also include a brief introduction to Spanish syllable structure, stress, and intonational patterns. Finally, there will be a brief survey of the major differences in pronunciation between Peninsular and American dialects.
SPANISH 430
Introduction to Spanish LinguisticsThis course is an introduction to the study of Hispanic Linguistics. The main purpose of the class will be to investigate the structure of Spanish (phonology, morphology, syntax), in order to discover the properties of language that linguists work with in order to model linguistic knowledge. The course will also consider aspects of Spanish dialects and the interaction between language and society in the Spanish-speaking world.
SPANISH 450
Introduction to the Study of Literature and Culture in Spanish: Reading TextsThis is the first literature/culture course most students will take and it constitutes a crucial link between previous courses in language and culture and upper-division courses in literature and culture. This course is not a historical survey, but rather an introduction to the various problems of reading different types (genres) of literary and cultural texts in the Spanish language. The curriculum includes Spanish-language writers from both Spain and Spanish America, and different types of cultural texts (including film) from the twentieth century, as well as a sampling of older texts.
SPANISH H450
Introduction to the Study of Literature and Culture in Spanish: Reading Texts, HonorsThis is the first literature/culture course most students will take and it constitutes a crucial link between previous courses in language and culture and upper-division courses in literature and culture. This course is not a historical survey, but rather an introduction to the various problems of reading different types (genres) of literary and cultural texts in the Spanish language. The curriculum includes Spanish-language writers from both Spain and Spanish America, and different types of cultural texts (including film) from the twentieth century, as well as a sampling of older texts.
SPANISH 506
Latin American Culture in a Business ContextIn this course, students learn about the cultural differences and similarities between the U.S. and Latin America and the repercussions of conducting business with competent cultural understanding. They will critically examine and discuss dichotomies between the U.S. business and social etiquette and business and social etiquette in select Latin American countries. Topics such as communication styles, workplace culture, concepts of time, societal responsibility and issues related to gender, ethnicity, class, religion and nationalism will be addressed. Similarly, students will explore the cultural diversity and uniqueness of these countries in juxtaposition to each other. This course is taught in English and cannot be applied to a Spanish major or regular minor program.
SPANISH 551
Classical Spanish LiteratureThis course introduces students to the literature and culture of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain. It has been said that Spanish texts of this period share a common project: that of writing a literature magnificent enough for Spanish empire. Students of this course can test out that idea, using a wide range of Spanish works from this period. These include the picaresque novel, pastoral and Italian-style lyric poems, a typical play representing Spains new-found "national" theater, and a sampling of short prose writings by Miguel de Cervantes, author of the first modern novel (Don Quixote de la Mancha).
SPANISH H552
Modern Spanish Literature, HonorsSpanish H552 is an Honors version of regular 552 and consequently asks students to read and write more than in the regular course while offering the possibility of a more enriching experience of Spanish culture. The course provides an introduction to some of the most important authors and works in Spanish literature during the modern and postmodern periods. Our goal is to trace the historical development of modern Spain and to study how the works we read relate to their culture and era. Texts to be studied include Doa Perfecta by Benito Prez Galds, Niebla by Miguel de Unamuno, selected poetry by Antonio Machado and Federico Garca Lorca, Bodas de sangre, also by Garca Lorca, Rquiem por un campesino espaol by Ramn Sender, El tragaluz by Antonio Buero Vallejo, and El cuarto de atrs by Carmen Martn-Gaite.
SPANISH 555
Indigenous and Colonial Literature of Spanish AmericaEste curso presenta una visin panormica del territorio imaginario de Hispanoamrica colonial y siglo XIX mediante el examen de textos claves de sus discursos fundadores, incluyendo textos de las literaturas indgenas de origen precolombino; selecciones de obras de la poca colonial y otras representativas del perodo de for Macián nacional. Los objetivos son: desarrollar la capacidad de lectura crtica y afianzar el anlisis de textos literarios y culturales de testimonio y creacin. Se examinan tambin los contextos socio-culturales que los informan y la construccin de identidades que producen.
SPANISH 560
Introduction to Spanish American CultureThis course is an introductory journey in the complex, always one and plural, contemporary cultures of Latin America. Through a transdisciplinary approach, we will map out the diverse ethnic, social and political processes that historically shaped each geo-cultural formation. We will study in literature, film, music, plastic arts, folk and popular practices and artifacts, the constitution, during pivotal formative moments, of its historical matrices.
SPANISH 561
Introduction to the Culture of SpainSpanish Civilization 561 aims to help students to a better understanding of the cultural characteristics of the Spanish society so that it becomes an object of understanding, rather than of contrast. Within the frame of a chronological survey, encompassing from the Roman times to the post-Franco era, lectures and class discussions try to stimulate thought on those political, economic, religious and artistic issues which constitute major themes in Spanish cultural history. Special aspect of the course is the extensive use of audio and video material to facilitate the perception and understanding of Spanish art and political and social issues.
SPANISH 580
Latin American FilmThis course will examine contemporary Argentine cinema, from 1980s until the present, in relation to larger shifts in Argentine society. We will first look at the work of canonical directors like Fernando Solanas, Eliseo Subiela, and Mara Luisa Bemberg whose films in the 1980s defined the postdictatorial era and responded to the need to account for what had happened during the dictatorship (1976-83). Then we will turn to the emergence of the so-called New Argentine Cinema in the mid-1990s and the work of a number of younger filmmakers (Adrin Caetano, Pablo Trapero, Verncia Chen) whose films examine the plight of young adults and contemporary economic difficulties, among other topics, while reworking aesthetic models. By analyzing films like Sur, El Hombre Mirando al Sudeste, Pizza birra faso, and Bolivia alongside readings by cultural critics and film scholars, we will gain a greater understanding of larger issues facing Argentine society as well as of how films have reflected and responded to those socio-cultural problematics.
SPANISH 603
Advanced Spanish CompositionAnalysis of different prose styles and practice in writing fluent Spanish compositions.
SPANISH 604
Spanish PhoneticsThis course offers a detailed description of the sound system (phonetics and phonology) of Spanish. It includes a systematic analysis of individual sounds and of the ways they can and cannot combine to produce meaningful utterances. Attention will be paid to differences between English and Spanish, even as students learn to appreciate the importance of the linguistic perspective of the monolingual Spanish speaker. Exercises will help to reinforce the theoretical and practical significance of themes covered in class, including natural classes of sounds, syllable structure, regular phonological processes, language change, comparisons with related languages, orthographic norms and quirks, sound symbolism, hypercorrection, taboos, and nativization of foreign words. Phonetic transcription will be practiced regularly. Spoken and sung speech samples from all over the Spanish-speaking world will help students appreciate phonological variation, and will make course material relevant to their own experience.
SPANISH 610
Contrastive Structures of Spanish and EnglishBuilding on the experience of previous courses (especially SPAN 430 Introduction, 601 Syntax, and/or 604 Phonetics), salient points of difference and convergence between the two linguistic systems will be highlighted from the perspective of Spanish as well as of English. The differences will serve as clarifications of difficult points for non-Spanish natives (tense, aspect, mood, article use, word order, subject expression, stress and intonation, morphological make-up, vocalic space, etc.), while the similarities will provide a context for highlighting general properties of human languages (subordination, agreement, information structure, phonological contrasts, lexical derivation, etc.).
SPANISH 613
Advanced Spanish Composition for Native SpeakersThis is an advanced course in composition designed to improve writing skills (through reading) of those students whose first language is, or has been at some time, Spanish and who have received-albeit limited-formal training in Spanish grammar and/or composition. The main objective of the course is to assist students in developing the ability to organize and express their ideas in writing. Other goals are, but are not limited, to review Spanish orthography and fundamental concepts and terminology of Spanish grammar, to learn to recognize the formal writing characteristics in a variety of Spanish texts (through critical reading), and to be able to use the learned strategies when writing the assigned compositions.
SPANISH 650
Senior Seminar in Spanish American LiteratureLatin American Testimonial Narratives / Narrativas testimoniales en Latinoamrica
In this course we will study the development of testimonial narratives (documentary, writing) from Latin America. We will focus on the ideological issues that such narratives contain. The narrator, who considers his/herself as an agent of change, portrays his or her own cultural and social experience as a source of a collective memory and identity. The most important testimonial texts have evolved as a literary genre in Latin America, during the various revolutionary or resistance movements (1960-1930). Testimonial narratives have been defined as an authentic narrative, told by a witness who is moved to narrate by the urgency of a situation (e.g. civil war, exploitation, oppression, ecological catastrophe, genocide, racism etc.).
SPANISH H680
Honors SeminarConstructing the Nation: Memory, Writing and Identity in Contemporary Spain
The individual and collective need of defining a persons' or group's identity has motivated the artistic and literary manifestations of all nations. It cannot be denied that individual and/or collective memories (or the lack of them) play a transcendental role in the construction of both national and individual consciousness. We will approach these topics by exploring diverse literary and cultural manifestations-novels, short stories, movies, and songs-and by analyzing the relationship between memory and writing in the construction of identities in contemporary Spain. It is expected that each student will take a critical position about the difficulties that arise when talking about: 1) ONE Spanish nation, 2) PERIPHERAL national identities, and 3) the imposition of certain GENDER based behaviors. With that in mind, we will consider a selection of critical texts that will focus on topics such as memory (individual and/or collective), identity (personal, sexual, and/or national), and about the importance of the written language in these subjects. Some of the questions that would lead our discussions throughout the course are (but are not limited to): How does memory work in the construction of identities (individual and national)? What's the relationship between remembering and writing? Can we construct or create an individual or a nation through writing? What are the roles of women and men in the construction of the nation? Why has it been said that Spain suffers from a lack of memory? What does contemporary Spain look like?
SPANISH 689
Spanish in Ohio: An Experiential CourseSpanish 689 is designed for undergraduate Spanish majors and minors, as well as other interested students, who wish to improve their oral language skills while learning about Hispanic culture in Ohio. The course format will consist of 2 two-hour classes and one three-hour class per week during the first five weeks of the winter quarter. Students will have the opportunity to hear guest speakers from the Hispanic communities of Ohio and take field trips to local points of interest. During the second half of the quarter, students will meet on an individual basis by appointment with the instructor. All students will meet together the final week to make presentations summarizing their activities. Students enrolled in Spanish 689 are required to participate in ten hours per week (100 hours total) of language use outside of class, in a mixture of situations that will include some service learning. They will document their activities in a journal to be handed in at the end of the course. In addition, students will complete an original project (to be presented in both oral and written form) on a theme related to the Hispanic experience in Ohio.
SPANISH 752
Studies in Spanish Golden Age LiteratureBABILONIA DE ESPAA: Literatura y cultura del Siglo de Oro espaol: Sevilla en la temprana modernidad
"Babilonia de Espaa", punto de embarque para las Indias occidentales, puerto de mar (retirado del mar), ciudad cosmopolita por excelencia, sede de la catedral ms fabulosa de Espaa, centro del comercio trasatlntico, de academias renacentistas y de talleres de grandes pintores. En la Espaa de la temprana modernidad, estas frases pueden referirse a una sola ciudad: Sevilla. En aquel momento el nombre de Sevilla evocaba riqueza y lujuria, al igual que pobreza y delincuencia. Sevilla era un abreviado mundo de la experiencia humana: pilotos y cosmgrafos, caballeros de capa y espada, msticos y pcaros, esposas virtuosas, santas y prostitutas. Figuras como stas constituyen el objeto de nuestro estudio en este curso graduado sobre literatura y cultura de Sevilla en los tiempos ureos. El currculum es diverso, pero incluye por lo menos siete ttulos que corresponden a la lista de lecturas obligatorias para la M.A. Se leern obras de teatro, novelas ejemplares, e historias culturales de la ciudad. Este curso, por lo tanto, incluye un componente interdisciplinario importante. Los estudiantes tendrn la posibilidad de ahondar en las ricas interconexiones entre diversas formas artsticas de la poca: la literatura, la escultura, la msica y la historia del arte. Los requisitos fundamentales del curso son un trabajo breve y un trabajo final centrado en un tema relacionado a la actividad y produccin cultural llevadas a cabo en Sevilla durante este perodo. Las clases se impartirn enteramente en castellano, aunque puede haber lecturas en ingls.
SPANISH 755
Studies in Indigenous and Colonial Spanish American LiteratureCautivos y cautiverios en el Nuevo Mundo
Este curso de literatura y cultura latinoamericana del perodo colonial tiene por objetivo familiarizar a los estudiantes graduados con algunas obras clsicas de la lista de lecturas de la M.A. y, simultneamente, ofrecerles la oportunidad de investigar aspectos de la literatura y cultura colonial que todava no han sido tratados con profundidad por la crtica e historiografa literarias. Las obras primarias que sern analizadas en el curso incluyen: Alvar Nez Cabeza de Vaca, La Relacin (Naufragios), Garcilaso de la Vega, La Florida del Inca, Bernal Daz del Castillo, Historia verdadera de la conquista de Nueva Espaa, Don Francisco de Pineda Nez y Bascun y Los infortunios de Alonso Ramrez de Sigenza y Gngora. El curso tambin ofrecer la oportunidad de estudiar textos flmicos (Cabeza de Vaca, Hans Staden, Quilombo, etc) basados en la experiencia de cautivos europeos, indgenas y africanos en el Nuevo Mundo. La interpretacin crtica de los textos primarios se apoyar en obras como The darker side of the Renaissance by Walter Mignolo, Writing Violence in the Northern Frontier by Jos Rabasa, Slavery and Salvation in Cartagena de Indias by Margaret Olsen, Captives by Linda Colley y otros estudiosos de la experiencia de sujetos coloniales en las Amricas durante los siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII.
SPANISH 759
Comparative Topics in Iberian and Latin American LiteratureRepresenting the African Diaspora of Colonial Latin America
This course will examine representations of the African Diaspora of colonial Spanish America and Brazil in cinema and written texts in order to explore what such representations reveal about the writing of history, the formation of Latin American cultural identities, and the colonial underpinnings of modern discourses of national identity. Our goals also include identifying and developing strategies for comparing Brazil and Spanish America that highlight cultural parallels and appreciate the rich heterogeneity of the region. Discussions will be conducted primarily in Spanish. However, we will study written texts and films in both Spanish and Portuguese; also, some secondary readings will be in English.
SPANISH 830
Hispanic Linguistics ColloquiumConference Preparation
Forum presentation of research in Hispanic linguistics; introduction to professional issues in workshop format.
SPANISH 834
Studies in Spanish Synchronic LinguisticsSpanish Phonology and Morphology in multilinear generative frameworks
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to recent developments in phonological theory and how they have been applied to the analysis of Spanish phonology and morphology. The emphasis is placed on the evolution of phonological theory from the segmental framework to multidimensional models of representation, starting with the emergence of autosegmental phonology. Other subsequent developments to be examined include syllable structure theory, feature hierarchy, lexical phonology, underspecification theory, and the metrical theory of stress. The course concludes with a brief introduction to Optimality Theory. The main objective is to develop a basic understanding of fundamental concepts of recent theories in order to provide the necessary background and tools to undertake phonological research. Particular attention is given to how these theoretical innovations have been incorporated to the study of a number of phonological and morphological phenomena in Spanish, including processes of assimilation and neutralization, vowel harmony, syllable structure and sonority, epenthesis, the phonology-morphology interface, and principles of stress assignment in both verb and non-verb forms.
SPANISH 836
Studies in Spanish Historical LinguisticsSyntactic Shifts between 1250 and 1600: How Medieval Spain became Modern
After introducing students to the available resources for the study of historical Spanish syntax, a synchronic look at general syntactic properties of the 13th c. will set the stage for exploring a set of topics in their longitudinal development between Medieval Spanish and the modern language. This will include the development of a determiner system (articles, demonstratives, possessives), the evolving pronoun systems (subject/object, clitic, adverbial), shifting subordinating devices, and major constituent order in the sentence. Where relevant, the medieval conditions will be confronted with their Late Latin predecessors. An individual research paper is the major source of evaluation.
SPANISH 838
Studies in Spanish SociolinguisticsSpanish Pragmatics
This course is a graduate-level introduction to pragmatics, with a focus on relevant phenomena in Spanish. It surveys a range of "classic" topics in the field, such as presupposition, implicature, deixis, and speech acts, from a mainly (neo-)Gricean perspective. Students will have the opportunity to analyze in detail the use of linguistic forms from a pragmatic perspective, with special attention paid to such things as markers of deixis/anaphora; given and new information; tense, aspect, and mood. Class time will be devoted primarily to the discussion of the focal theoretical questions that research in pragmatics seeks to answer, the types of data used and methodologies employed, and to collaborative analyses of data.
SPANISH 840
Hispanic Literatures and Cultures ColloquiumFrom Theory to Practice: Putting Methodologies to Work in Writing Critical Essays
In this course there will be 5 meetings, four of which will involve presentations from faculty members in different disciplines/departments who will speak to students on how they use "theory" and put it into "practice" in doing analyses and writing essays/articles. Possible disciplines/theoretical approaches addressed will be: Art History, History, Film Studies, Theatre/Performance, Semiotics, Subjectivity, Visual Studies, Feminist/Gender Studies. Students will read and discuss several articles on application of methodology and the translation of theory into practice.
SPANISH 840
Hispanic Literatures and Cultures ColloquiumTeaching Culture Courses
In this colloquium, we will discuss how to teach undergraduate culture courses on Latin America and Spain. We will explore several larger issues (e.g. how to define culture), but concentrate on more specific, pragmatic questions (how to design a syllabus; how to teach culture courses at different levels; how to structure assignments; how to incorporate on-line resources). We will draw on concrete examples of syllabi, on-line resources, etc. to structure our discussions. The colloquium intends to help prepare graduate students for some of the challenges and rewards of their future roles as university professors.
SPANISH 853
Seminar in Spanish Literature of the 18th and 19th CenturiesRegionalismo y novela
El presente curso tiene el propsito de familiarizarnos con la literatura regional espaola, principalmente en el campo de la novela. En este curso estudiaremos los siguientes temas: El Costumbrismo. El Realismo y el Naturalismo. Costumbrismo y novela. Galds y la novela urbana. El "descubrimiento" de la Espaa perifrica como materia novelable. Una falsa novela regional: Doa Perfecta de Galds. La visin arcdica del campo frente a la naturalista, en las que influye la ideologa poltica de los autores. El Regionalismo politico y lingstico de las regiones: Modernismo y Noucentisme en Catalua, renacer de la literatura gallega, y otros movimientos literarios y artsticos de carcter regionalista en diversas regiones de Espaa. Nuestra lectura se enfocar principlamednte en aquellos aspectos de estas obras que revelan las caractersticas propias de la vida en cada regin como la lengua o dialecto, los problemas de carcter econmico y social, y los usos y costumbres.
SPANISH 857
Seminar in Modern Spanish American LiteratureModernidad y modernizacin en la vanguardia hispanoamericana
En este curso se estudiarn los deseos de implementar la modernidad en Amrica Latina que se registran en clave literaria. Se pondr especial atencin a que las ansias de ser moderno se materializan en el texto literario con la representacin de los procesos de modernizacin que se llevaron a cabo entre 1920 y 1930. As se estudiar la fascinacin sobre las mquinas y la crtica y desasosiego a la compresin de tiempo y espacio que trajo la modernizacin capitalista. Tambin, se analizar cmo los deseos de cambio junto con las especificidades culturales y sociales de diferentes regiones latinoamericanas modulan la escritura de textos literarios. En este sentido cobra especial importancia la convergencia de vanguardia poltica y vanguardia esttica o propuestas ideolgico estticas como el vanguardismo indigenismo. En el curso se compararn los casos de la vanguardia andina y la vanguardia mesoamericana. Sin embargo, los estudiantes pueden investigar las vanguardias de otros pases latinoamericanos de su inters en el trabajo final.
En las diez semanas del curso se leern a Csar Vallejo, Pablo Palacio, Carlos Oquendo de Amat, Manuel Maples Arce y Arqueles Vela entre otros.
SPANISH 866
Seminar in Spanish CultureLuis Buuel y su mundo
Intensive exploration of a cultural period, topic or problem; topic varies.
SPANISH 882
Seminar in Literary TheoryTheories of Sex, Gender, Transgender, Queer, and Post-gender
Study of key ideological, institutional and social structures that regulate and reproduce the sexing and gendering of subjects in the publication and practice traditions of the Western hemisphere. Examination of central problems, both diachronically and in select pinpoint focus areas, around the concepts of "gender", "sex," and "transgender." Analysis of texts with regard to the formation of subject identities through gender and sex. The course is both an overview of important theoretical or positional texts on the concepts of "sexuality," "gender," "queer," "trans," "woman," "man," etc., and a series of inquiries into major axes around which the thinking on these concepts has evolved. Readings will include both Hispanic-focused and more general theoretical texts. The class also will see several films on transgender, gender and sexuality issues.
