Spanish

This course discusses some of the most representative and foundational texts of the narrative genre from the late 19th and mid-20th centuries, as well as several lesser-known authors who were marginalized within the canon during the boom in Latin American literature. Topics include: the Latin American short narrative of the late 19th and early 20th centuries; an overview of the Latin American short novel-- from the late 1920s to the 1950s; the tensions of the canon and the boom (1950s and 1960s). 

This course provides a study of the poetry, short stories, and novels of Mexican literature from the 1950s onwards. It examines various literary movements, trends, and historical events during and after the Mexican Revolution. It covers the works of authors such as José Revueltas, Agustín Yáñez, Juan Rulfo, Rosario Castellanos, Carlos Fuentes, Juan José Arreola, Josefina Vicens, Inés Arredondo, Salvador Elizondo, Juan Vicente Mello, Juan García Ponce, José Emilio Pacheco, and Luis Zapata.

This course offers a study of the trajectory of the hero and this character's evolution in literature. The course is taught in three units: theory of modernity; theory of history and the novel; archetypes of the modern hero.

This course analyzes short narrative texts in Spanish with an emphasis on narrative structure and narratology. It offers a study of formalist literary theory by looking at modes of discourse, narrative voice, genre, literary devices, and focalization.

This course focuses on the Spanish language but also on the history, geography, artistic works, traditions, and current events of the Spanish-speaking countries and their communities. Language learning constitutes 85% of course assignments, whereas culture assignments constitute 15% of the final grade. Tasks in various forms related to language and cultural are performed individually and in groups. Linguistic performance is assessed by through written and oral communication. cultural knowledge is assessed a cultural project in which students research and present a country of the Spanish-speaking world and/or delve into a related specific topic that is relevant for both our understanding of the Hispanic world and the individual interest of the learner.