University of Barcelona

This course provides a study of English-language poetry, ideas, culture and literature created between 1730 and 1900. It provides a critical examination of the cultural, historical, and sociopolitical framework of literary and poetic works (Romanticism, the French Revolution and the British Empire) applying critical trends found within current literary theory, such as cultural materialism, new historicism, postcolonial criticism, feminism, gay and lesbian theory, and psychoanalysis. Topics covered include: nature and the rural world; rebel and subversive authors; revolutions, wars, and nationalism; Romanticism; the British Empire and the Victorian era.

This course examines individual labor law or employment law, with a focus on the employment contract. Topics include: concept, function, origin, and history of labor law; sources of labor law and the employment relationship, and principles of application; the labor administration system and labor courts; the employment relationship between employee and business owner; the job market, employment policy, and the employment contract; defining the job to be performed; quantity and features of employment benefits. 

This course provides a rigorous in-depth study of the four main Shakespearean tragedies: HAMLET, MACBETH, OTHELLO, and KING LEAR. It presents the most relevant theoretical-critical models (humanistic criticism, post-structuralism, semiotics, cultural materialism, and feminism) as they apply to understanding tragedy, particularly the four Shakespeare tragedies.

This course offers a study of childhood development psychology including concepts, fundamental questions, and research methods. Topics include: theoretical guidelines in developmental psychology; physical and psychomotor development; cognitive development; emotional, affective, social, and personality development; communicative and linguistic development.

This course offers a study of the most representative and influential works in the field of literary thought and creation. Topics include: functions and definitions of art and issues with aesthetic periodization; notions of aesthetics and medieval symbolism; continuities and inflections of the classicist cycle-- from the Renaissance to Enlightenment; aesthetic movements of the 19th century-- from Romanticism to Decadence; aesthetic ruptures of the 20th century-- the Avant-Garde.

This course offers study of Spanish spoken in everyday situations. Topics include: shopping; Spanish and Latin American gastronomy; popular festivals and holidays; Barcelona neighborhoods; public transport; activities on a night out; activities for a weekend in Barcelona; colloquial expressions.

This course is a study of the characteristics of modernist and post-modernist novels in English literature, as well as the historical and cultural contexts that influenced their development. It provides a critical analysis of a selection of texts published in the British Isles and/or other English-speaking environments during the Modern (1880-1930) and Postmodern (1960-present) periods. Texts covered may vary by term and/or instructor.