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College Catalog 2015-2016 ARCHIVED CATALOG
Modern Languages & Literatures Courses
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Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
Spanish
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SPAN 360 - Workshop in Latin American Performance
An experiential class in which students explore their bodies and minds in order to explore the difficulties involved in staging a text (poem, play, short story). While students practice Spanish during rehearsals, they also explore Latin America perspectives and techniques production (from acting to performance).
Pre-req: SPAN 221 , SPAN 222 , SPAN 230 or a score of 5 or higher on the Spanish Placement Exam
3 credits -
SPAN 390 - Selected Topics
May be repeated for credit
1 to 4 credits -
SPAN 395 - Independent Study
Credit and time arranged. May be repeated for credit.
1 to 4 credits -
SPAN 410 - Masterpieces from the Middle Ages to the Baroque
Representative literary works of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque in both Spain and Latin America. Poetic and narrative texts, in their entirety, are read for their literary, cultural and historical value.
Pre-req: SPAN 355 or SPAN 356
3 credits -
SPAN 420 - New World & Spanish Colonial Literature
Selections from major genres of the precolonial and colonial periods (1100-1810) produced by authors in Spain and Latin America: indigenous codies, the chronicle of the Encounter and Conquest, lyric and epic poetry, colonial theater, pre-independence writing, etc. Among the themes examined are: utopian images of the New World, the Hispanic “rewriting” of indigenous cultures, and the emergence of the mestizo identity in literature and political essays.
Pre-req: SPAN 355 or SPAN 356
3 credits -
SPAN 430 - Spanish Peninsular Theater
This course introduces the students to the historical, sociological and dramatic developments of Spanish Peninsular Theater from the Middle Ages to most recent productions, focusing specifically on how genre and sub-genres are linked directly to social changes and political transformation in each period.
Pre-req: SPAN 355 or SPAN 356
3 credits -
SPAN 440 - Latin American Theater
This course traces the development of Latin American theater from the precolonial period to the New Popular Theater. It will focus on several problematic subjects, such as geographic parameters, themes and major trends in dramatic theory, and economic and political structures in the process of production. Detailed consideration is given to contact between languages, Native American, European and African traditions, as well as influences of experimental theater and popular culture.
Pre-req: SPAN 355 or SPAN 356
3 credits -
SPAN 450 - Latin American Literature from Independence to Modernism
This course focuses on major authors in the period, emphasizing those genres developed in the postcolonial cultural context. Literary and sociopolitical trends and cultural images and characteristics from early 19th century to early 20th century are critically examined. The course also includes the impact of Latin American writing on the literature in Spain, especially on Peninsular Modernism.
Pre-req: SPAN 355 or SPAN 356
3 credits -
SPAN 460 - Spanish Voices: The Twentieth Century
From the turn of the century to our present time, Spanish literature has enjoyed an artistic explosion, the likes of which has not been seen since the Golden Age. A profusion of literary movements - including the Generation of ‘98, modernism and avant-garde - reflected the creative vibrancy of the nation even as it slipped into political and social chaos. Major works of prose, poetry and theater are analyzed for their literary innovativeness and relationship to ideological trends and social reality in contemporary Spanish letters.
Pre-req: SPAN 355 or SPAN 356
3 credits -
SPAN 470 - Latin American Voices: The Twentieth Century
Critical study of selected contemporary Spanish-American texts in light of current modes of writing and interpretation. This course will delineate the major patterns of formal and thematic development within the history of Latin America letters as well as emphasize the analysis of structural and linguistic problems posed by the texts. This course will also explore such tendencies as realism, surrealism and “magic realism,” as well as works of social conscience, revolution and the national situation.
Pre-req: SPAN 355 or SPAN 356
3 credits -
SPAN 480 - Major Hispanic Authors
Intensive study of the works of the most distinguished authors in the Spanish language. Authors will vary according to instructor’s expertise.
Pre-req: SPAN 355 or SPAN 356
3 credits -
SPAN 482 - Literary Criticism & the Essay Tradition
Major approaches to the history of Spanish literary “ensayos” in Spain and Latin America. This course explores the imaginary of Nation and Identities, the cultural and political debates in sciences and cultures. The course also focuses on the construction of literary criticism in Spanish and translations of main trends on contemporary criticism.
Pre-req: SPAN 355 or SPAN 356
3 credits -
SPAN 483 - Cinema in Latin America
This course examines Peninsular and Latin American cinematic production and introduces new critical approaches in film studies. For Latin America, the course usually incorporates recent films not previously distributed in the USA and focusing on global issues (drugs, sexuality, environment, youth culture, etc.). The course may organize materials from a historical perspective, or focus on a selected period, theme or directors.
Pre-req: SPAN 355 or SPAN 356
Cross-listed with SPAN 283
3 credits -
SPAN 483A - Cinema in Spain
This course examines Peninsular and Latin American cinematic production and introduces new critical approaches in film studies. The course may organize materials from a historical perspective, or focus on a selected period, theme or directors.
Pre-req: SPAN 355 or SPAN 356
Cross-listed with SPAN 283A
3 credits -
SPAN 484 - Women Voices in Hispanic World
This course explores Peninsular, Latin American, and Latino women voices, whether writers, political activists or in popular culture. Depending on professor’s expertise, will be developed as a survey by examining literary or non-literary texts from historical periods, or organized as a seminar focusing on selected texts produced by a particular group of authors or in a specific nations or communities.
Pre-req: SPAN 355 or higher
3 credits -
SPAN 485 - Subaltern Voices, Diversity & Marginalization
This course explores literature and cultural production in Spain, Latin America and Hispanic American works from diverse theoretical approaches: feminism, cultural theory, subaltern status, and gay and lesbian studies. Students will examine how texts redefine literary forms when writing confronts the process of empowerment of minorities through racial, ethnic, and textual terms.
Pre-req: SPAN 355 or SPAN 356
3 credits -
SPAN 490 - Selected Topics
May be repeated for credit
1 to 4 credits -
SPAN 495 - Independent Study
Credit and time arranged. May be repeated for credit.
1 to 4 credits -
SPAN 499 - Senior Presentation
Capstone presentation required of all majors upon completion of a 400 level seminar course. Offered spring term only
0 to 1 credits
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