Spanish

This course assesses the manner in which Spanish newspapers present the nation's political, cultural, and social spheres. It examines how national and regional identities have been reinforced through the press, and explores the relationship between freedom of speech, press, and history. The course also studies the significance of these relationships in connection with current events as these surface in local, national, and international affairs.

This course studies the history of Spanish film from the ''camara oscura'' to the present. Historical accounts of film as an aesthetic form, a social force, an economic institution, and a technology are considered. The course also covers major Spanish directors including Luis Bunuel, Benito Perojo, Fernando Fernan Gomez, Luis Berlanga, Carlos Saura, Victor Erice, Fernando Trueba, and Pedro Almodovar. Close attention to their film composition, choices of subject and character, and the relationship of their movies to Spanish culture and society is given.

This course is divided into two parts. Part one examines Spanish narrative prose of the 19th and 20th centuries, taking as thematic reference the city of Barcelona and its writers. Part two explores Latin American culture through representative artistic works (music, writing, painting, and film) and their socio-cultural and artistic framework.

Spanish 201 aligns with the elementary level A2 objectives of the Common European Framework of References for Languages (CEFR), which focus on learners’ capacity to communicate and act in real-life situations, express themselves effectively, and accomplish tasks of different natures, taking in to account (inter)cultural contexts. It will deepen communicative skills as well as intercultural knowledge of the diverse Hispanic world through relevant contexts such as personal relationships, cultural values, customs, traditions, political and historical leaders, contemporary society and technology. It provides some review of the vocabulary and grammar from Spanish 101/102 (preterit and imperfect), and expands lexical repertoire and introduces new grammatical structures. This classroom offers different ways for content delivery through exposure to literary readings, audios, videos, short films, slides; reflected also in the type of assignments and assessments (written and video assignments, oral interviews) designed for diverse learning styles. Its principal objective is to deepen students’ skills for communicating in Spanish by providing extensive opportunities to use the language as a vehicle for information interchange and for developing cross-cultural awareness, as well as strengthening listening, reading, writing and grammatical skills. This course is conducted in Spanish and students are expected to speak only in Spanish during class.

This introductory Spanish language course is based on level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and focuses on basic communication, grammar and vocabulary.

This introductory Spanish language course is based on level A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and continues to build on basic communication, grammar and vocabulary.

This course is a study of the structural, philosophical, and social aspects of 20th-century Spanish literature. It offers a selection of major works and introduces contemporary literary analysis through reading extensive texts in Spanish. It covers major novelists of the realist tradition as well as naturalism; literary tendencies that arose during the crisis of Spanish society at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th; the Generation of 1927 and Hispanic surrealism, authors, thesis, and genres before the Civil War; main trends of post-war Spanish novel, theater, and poetry in their historical and social context; and current trends in Spanish literature.

This course explores the linguistic differences of the different Spanish dialects throughout Latin America. Topics covered include: the birth of Spanish in America and the postcolonial era; phonetic characteristics; syntactic and morphologic characteristics; variations in lexicon and pronunciation; contact with indigenous and other American languages.

This course focuses on improving oral communication Spanish skills, incorporating skills in grammar, listening, reading, pronunciation, and culture. Students study stylistics, analyze and discuss texts, view films, and acquire advanced reading strategies.

The course examines the development of literary genres in Latin American literature across the history of Spanish language and literature. It places emphasis on the philosophical and aesthetic components of the genre; the fundamentals of literary analysis; and the relationship between the literary work and its historical context. Topics include the origin and history of America; the diaries of Christopher Columbus; an overview of Spanish language Latin American literature (from Baroque to modernism); anti-poetry and conversational poetry (Nicanor Parra y Mario Benedetti); the Latin American Boom (Gabriel Garcia Marquez); and contemporary authors (Roberto Bolaño).