PORT 3220 - Latin American Culture: Spanish America and Brazil
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Fall 2021 / Fall 2023
Examines literary, artistic, and philosophical currents in Spanish America and Portuguese America (Brazil), from pre-Columbian times to the present. Taught in Spanish. Recommended prerequisites: PORT 2110 and PORT 2120. Same as SPAN 3220.
SPAN 3002 - Advanced Spanish Conversation
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Fall 2020
Focuses on refining fluency in both informal and formal discourse through group discussions, class work and individual and group presentations in order to prepare students for communication in professional settings. To that end, the materials used in the course will emphasize themes and problems relevant to the contemporary Hispanic world. This course is designed for Spanish majors, minors and students seeking state certification as instructors of Spanish. Degree credit not granted for this course and SPAN 3001.
SPAN 3010 - Advanced Rhetoric and Composition
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Spring 2021 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024
Designed to refine expository and argumentative writing in Spanish, this course will center around four main areas of study: culture, linguistics, sociopolitical and economic reality, and literature and criticism. A multi-draft process-based approach will guide the writing and revision of essays. Additionally, there will be a focus on grammar and lexical issues that are the most challenging for students at the third-year level.
SPAN 3100 - Literary and Cultural Analysis in Spanish
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Spring 2018 / Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024
Fosters critical thinking and the ability to discuss texts from a historical, sociological, ideological and formalistic viewpoint. Analyzes literary and cultural expressions from Latin America, Spain and the US Latino traditions in different genres, ranging from fiction to poetry, and media from the written word to cinema and other visual arts.
SPAN 3215 - Urban History and Culture in the Spanish-Speaking World
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Spring 2023
Understanding the complex history, social fabric, material life and cultural diversity of Latin American and Iberian cities is the goal of this course, which in its iterations will be devoted to analyzing and discussing different urban centers on either side of the Atlantic Ocean. Materials from a wide variety of media and genres such as literature, visual arts, historiography, and film, will be used. Taught in Spanish.
SPAN 3220 - Latin American Culture: Spanish America and Brazil
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Fall 2021 / Fall 2023
Examines literary, artistic, and philosophical currents in Spanish America and Portuguese America (Brazil), from pre-Columbian times to the present. Same as PORT 3220.
SPAN 3260 - Late 19th and 20th Century Argentine Narrative
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Summer 2018 / Summer 2019 / Summer 2023
Considers a series of late 19th and 20th century canonical works from several genres (poetry, short story, essay, and the novel). Students will acquire a specific knowledge of late 19th and 20th century Argentine literature, and its relationship to specific social actors and specific historical processes. A faculty-sponsored Global Seminar to Rosario, Argentina, offered through the Study Abroad Program.
SPAN 3290 - Argentine Culture and History in a Latin American Context
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Summer 2023
This course examines the historical trends in Latin America from 1880 to the present and compares and contrasts Argentina's unique cultural identity to the larger Latin American context. The course then considers how said history plays a role in the literary, artistic, philosophical and social currents (including identity issues related to race, ethnicity and gender) that shape contemporary Argentine culture.
SPAN 4120 - Literature and Cinema in Spain and Latin America
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Spring 2022 / Spring 2023
Studies film and fiction in different periods and about main topics of the Hispanic world. It will provide a historical and cultural overview, introduce students to film theory, narrative theory and the vocabulary associated with both, and integrate critical texts about all the material studied. Topics may vary each semester. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. This course will be taught entirely in Spanish.
SPAN 4130 - The Power of Storytelling: Oral, Textual and Digital Narratives
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Fall 2022
Examines the ways in which oral, textual and digital narratives have shaped, and continue to shape, our lives and the different communities we inhabit. Students consider stories from the Hispanic tradition produced in a variety of historical settings and across different media.
SPAN 5300 - Seminar: Spanish American Literature, Colonial Period and/or 19th Century
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Spring 2020
Treats various topics, as needs and resources dictate. Gives special attention to developing historical and current theoretical and critical background of each topic. Representative topics might include pre-Columbian literature, colonial prose and narrative, colonial poetry, romantic novel, the realist and naturalist novel and short story, 19th-century poetry, and gaucho literature. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Same as SPAN 7300.
SPAN 5320 - Seminar: Spanish American Literature, 20th and/or 21st Centuries
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Spring 2019 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2024
Treats various topics, as needs and resources dictate. Gives special attention to developing historical and current theoretical and critical background of each topic. Representative topics might include modernism, theatre, the essay, the regional novel, the novel of the Mexican Revolution, the modern novel, contemporary theatre, and contemporary poetry. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Same as SPAN 7320.
SPAN 7300 - Seminar: Spanish American Literature, Colonial Period and/or 19th Century
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Spring 2020
Treats various topics, as needs and resources dictate. Gives special attention to developing historical and current theoretical and critical background of each topic. Representative topics might include pre-Columbian literature, colonial prose and narrative, colonial poetry, romantic novel, the realist and naturalist novel and short story, 19th-century poetry, and gaucho literature. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Same as SPAN 5300.
SPAN 7320 - Seminar: Spanish American Literature, 20th and/or 21st Centuries
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Spring 2019 / Fall 2024
Treats various topics, as needs and resources dictate. Gives special attention to developing historical and current theoretical and critical background of each topic. Representative topics might include modernism, theatre, the essay, the regional novel, the novel of the Mexican Revolution, the modern novel, contemporary theatre, and contemporary poetry. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Same as SPAN 5320.
