In accordance with Senate's Policy Regarding Inactive Courses, courses which have not been offered in the previous three academic years and which are not scheduled to be offered in the current academic year have been removed from the following listing. For information about any of these inactive courses, please contact the Head of the Department.
1000. Elementary Spanish I. Introductory course, grammar, reading and oral Spanish.
1001. Elementary Spanish II. A continuation of Elementary
Spanish I.
Prerequisite: Spanish 1000.
2000. Intermediate Spanish I. A continuation of the basic
grammar, reading, and oral Spanish completed in the elementary program.
Prerequisite: Spanish 1001.
2001. Intermediate Spanish II. A continuation of Intermediate
Spanish I.
Prerequisite: Spanish 2000.
3001. A study of representative works of Spanish literature
of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Prerequisite: Spanish 2001.
3101. Spanish Literature of the Golden Age: Prose. A
general introduction to the historical and cultural background and development
of sixteenth and seventeenth century Spanish prose literature through study
of Lazarillo de Tormes, Don Quijote and El Buscón.
Special emphasis is laid on the picaresque novel and on the originality of
Cervantes and the creation of the first truly "modern" novel.
Prerequisite: Spanish 2001.
3200. A general survey of Spanish literary works of the
twentieth century, with a detailed study of representative authors.
Prerequisite: Spanish 2001.
3400. Spanish Civilization. A survey of Spanish history,
literature, art and philosophy.
Prerequisite: Spanish 2001.
3401. Spanish-American Culture and Civilization. Spanish-American
culture and civilization from pre-Columbian times to the present through
an examination of native (Aztec, Incan, Mayan, Quechua and Muisca) cultures
and the impact on them of European discovery and colonization of the New
World. Particular attention will be paid to the situation of the Indian and
the mestizo in Spanish America and to the background of the various independence
movements in the region.
Prerequisite: Spanish 2001.
3500. Spanish-American Literature I: 1500-1880. The development
of Spanish-American literature from the European conquest to the Romantic
movement, beginning with a comparison between Spanish and native American
writing at the time of the conquest. The Baroque, Neo-classical and Romantic
ages will be studied through the writings of such authors as Sor Juana Inés
de la Cruz, Altamirano, Inclán and Flores.
Prerequisite: Spanish 2001.
3501. Spanish-American Literature II: 1880-1980. An examination
of major trends in Spanish-American literature since Romanticism, with particular
emphasis on the development of the modern novel and on the works of such
authors as Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luís Borges
and Julio Cortazar.
Prerequisite: Spanish 2001.
3502. Spanish-American Cuento. Generic characteristics
and history of the short story. Major emphasis will be laid on a close reading
of stories by Juan Rolfo, Jorge Luís Borges, Julio Cortazar and Gabriel
García Marquez.
Prerequisite: Spanish 2001.
3600, 3601. A study of representative works of Spanish-American
literature of the twentieth century.
Prerequisite: Spanish 2001.
3700. Advanced Spanish I. Oral Spanish, composition and
reading of contemporary literary materials; phonetics.
Prerequisite: Spanish 2001.
3701. Advanced Spanish II. A continuation of Advanced
Spanish I.
Prerequisite: Spanish 3700.
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