Spanish

This course explores the characteristics and problems of Mexican literature of the period between the Restored Republic and the military rule of Porfirio Díaz, and relates literary discourse of the period with the political events and cultural landscape. The course covers the results of a search for a national expression that began in the early period covered by this course as well as contributions of Modernism to Mexican culture. Special focus is placed on the development of the short story. Authors covered in class include Manuel Payno, Vincente Riva Palacio, Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, Guillermo Prieto, Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera, and Ignacio Rodriguez Galván. In depth reading and critical analysis of the required texts is a required component of the course.

This course examines, from an interdisciplinary and procedural perspective, the fundamental concepts related to the social and cultural dimensions of language including linguistic communities, language contact, multilingualism, determinants of linguistic behavior, and sociolinguistic change and evolution.

This course examines foundations of Latin-American literature, from pre-Columbian texts to modernist authors and their works. It covers: pre-Columbian literature; chronicles of the Indies; the baroque era in Latin America; the Enlightenment and Romanticism; Modernism, poetry and prose.

This course examines the lives of women in the Roman period. Topics include: traditional roles of women in Roman culture; representations of Roman women in archaeological and iconographic sources; historical roots of conceptions and perceptions of the feminine in the contemporary world.

This course discusses the practical application of linguistic, grammatical, and discursive knowledge of Spanish directly related to the needs of academic communication. 

This course examines the importance of identity and cultural characteristics that are involved in the function of society. It discusses tools to effectively intervene in social issues in different sectors of society at the individual, group, and community level and in rural and urban areas. Topics include: definition of culture; ideology and national identity; conceptualization of infiltration and cultural change.

This course discusses the various types of audiovisual media on the internet. Topics include: concepts and challenges posed by internet information and communication technologies-- digital impact on audiovisual media; video, film, and television on the internet; case studies of the creation of apps, web pages, and other audiovisual content.