Spanish

This course examines the age and literary style of Spanish literature in the 18th and 19th century by placing them in the larger context of the rest of European literature using selected literary works to explore the historical and literary importance of this period. Topics discussed include aesthetics; controversy and reform; romanticism; natural realism; the enlightenment and neoclassicism; ideas and literary genres of 18th century Spain; modern to vanguard poetry; prose and drama of the Silver Age; literature, post-war, and exile; and literary creation and post-modernity.

This class focuses on reading literature written in Spanish about the current situation of indigenous peoples in Central and South America, as well as viewing video materials, remote real-time interviews with people in the relevant communities, and presentations by the participants. The course aims to deepen students' comprehensive understanding of Spanish and the indigenous peoples of Central and South America, and provide clues for research into the region. 

This course offers 45 hours of intermediate study of Spanish language for students at a B1.1 to B2.2 level, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Students taking this course build upon the Beginners and Elementary levels and expand command of written and spoken Spanish. Intermediate Spanish B.1.1. focuses on readings and discussions of Spanish culture and develops students’ vocabulary while reinforcing complex grammar and syntax. This course focuses on accurate written production with review of more complex grammar skills such as pretérito pluscuamperfecto and presente de subjuntivo. The course requires students to take Spanish 4 as a prerequisite.

This course offers a study of elementary Spanish equivalent to the A1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Students who successfully complete the course can understand and use familiar, everyday expressions and very basic phrases for highly specific objectives. 

This course offers a 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 studies linguistic variation in the Spanish language, specifically, diachronic and synchronic differences in the Spanish of Spain. It also examines linguistic geography and provides an analysis of dialectal variations of Spanish both inside and outside of Spain. Topics covered include: concepts of language and dialect; dialectology and aural geography, regional atlases, isoglosses; linguistic variation in Spanish, Hispanic languages and dialects, Spanish in America, Africa, and Asia, Judeo-Spanish; history and dialectal divisions dialect spoken in Spain, principle phonetic, morphosyntactic and lexical traits of each.