Spanish

This intensive language course prepares students for daily life in Spain by emphasizing their level of Spanish in communication and interactions in everyday settings. This course focuses on Spanish language at the intermediate level with special emphasis on grammar, vocabulary, conversation and composition as well as basic Catalan. It includes organized visits to cultural areas in Barcelona (La Pedrera, Sagrada Familia, Park Güell, Cathedral of Barcelona, and the Jewish Quarter). Assessment: Class participation, weekly assignments, final exam.

This course examines literature from the Spanish Golden Age with an emphasis on the playwrights and plays that originated during this time. Topics include theory and dramatic scenery in the 16th and 17th century; drama genres of the Renaissance; the theater of Miguel de Cervantes; Lope de Vega's New Comedy; Calderon de la Barca; the birth of the Baroque feast; myths of classical Spanish theater. 

The course offers a theoretical and practical introduction to translation and translation studies. It discusses seminal theorists on the topic of translation including Jakobson, Benjamin, Schleiermacher, and Tymoczko. This course examines key translation concepts such as fidelity, loyalty, equivalence, and types of translation. 

This course seeks to develop verbal and written skills at the advanced level. By the end of the course, students will be able to communicate freely with native speakers. Textual analysis and formal academic writing are required. Various aspects of Chilean culture are also examined. * Units reduced to correspond with UC quarter units for comparable course work.

This course offers an overview of Spanish-language literature of the 17th and 18th centuries, including peninsular and Latin American literature. Topics include: post-Renaissance and Baroque literature; Spanish Golden Age theater; Conceptism and Gongorism; the essay genre; the epistolary genre and social criticism; the fabulist genre in the Enlightenment and Neoclassicism; the dramatic genre.