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Spring 2005 Courses

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101. Elementary Spanish I
Candice Bosse M 9:30 - 10:25, W 9:30 - 10:25, F 9:30 - 10:25 Searles-215
Three class hours per week and weekly conversation sessions with assistant, plus laboratory assignments. An introduction to the grammar of Spanish, aiming at comprehension, reading, writing, and simple conversation. Emphasis is on grammar structure, with frequent oral drills.
203. Intermediate Spanish I
Eugenia Wheelwright M 9:30 - 10:25, W 9:30 - 10:25, F 9:30 - 10:25 Sills-107
Three class hours per week and one weekly conversation session with the teaching assistant. Grammar fundamentals are reviewed. Class conversation and written assignments are based on readings in modern literature.
203. Intermediate Spanish I
Eugenia Wheelwright M 11:30 - 12:25, W 11:30 - 12:25, F 11:30 - 12:25 Searles-314
Three class hours per week and one weekly conversation session with the teaching assistant. Grammar fundamentals are reviewed. Class conversation and written assignments are based on readings in modern literature.
205. Advanced Spanish
Gustavo Faveron-Patriau T 11:30 - 12:55, TH 11:30 - 12:55 Sills-117
The study of a variety of journalistic and literary texts and visual media, together with an advanced grammar review, designed to increase written and oral proficiency, as well as appreciation of the cultural history of the Spanish-speaking world. Foundational course for the major. Three class hours per week and one weekly conversation session with assistant.
205. Advanced Spanish
Gustavo Faveron-Patriau T 2:30 - 3:55, TH 2:30 - 3:55 Sills-117
The study of a variety of journalistic and literary texts and visual media, together with an advanced grammar review, designed to increase written and oral proficiency, as well as appreciation of the cultural history of the Spanish-speaking world. Foundational course for the major. Three class hours per week and one weekly conversation session with assistant.
205. Advanced Spanish
Enrique Yepes M 2:30 - 3:55, W 2:30 - 3:55 Sills-117
The study of a variety of journalistic and literary texts and visual media, together with an advanced grammar review, designed to increase written and oral proficiency, as well as appreciation of the cultural history of the Spanish-speaking world. Foundational course for the major. Three class hours per week and one weekly conversation session with assistant.
208. Spanish Culture
Elena Cueto-Asin M 11:30 - 12:55, W 11:30 - 12:55 Sills-111
Through the study of Spanish literature, film, history, and journalism, examines different aspects of Spanish culture, such as myths and stereotypes about Spain and her people, similarities and differences between Spanish and American cultures, and the characterization of contemporary Spain. Emphasis on close analysis of primary materials. Conducted in Spanish.
209. Introduction to the Study and Criticism of Medieval and Early Modern Hispanic Literature
John Turner T 10:00 - 11:25, TH 10:00 - 11:25 Sills-207
A chronological introduction to literature of the Spanish-speaking world from the Middle Ages through 1800. Explores major works and literary movements of the Middle Ages, the Spanish Golden Age, and Colonial Spanish America in their historical and cultural context.
321. Reading Modern Poetry in the Americas
Enrique Yepes T 1:00 - 2:25, TH 1:00 - 2:25 Sills-207
How life is perceived defines the way it is lived. Nineteenth- and twentieth-century poetry from the Americas provides models to explore how life has been interpreted and can be perceived according to diverse personal and social frameworks. Art and music are not excluded from this mostly practical approach to interpreting life, centered around works by poets like Whitman, Dickinson, Mistral, Neruda, Pizarnik, and Borges, among many others.
324. Twentieth-Century Spanish Theatre
Elena Cueto-Asin M 2:30 - 3:55, W 2:30 - 3:55 Sills-205
Will examine works by Spanish playwrights of the 20th century in light of the innovations of the Avant-Garde movements of the 1920s and 1930s, the limitations imposed by censorship under the Franco dictatatorship, and the plurality of voices that emerges during the present democratic period. The study of plays by Garc�a Lorca, Buero Vallejo, Arrabal, Diosdado, and others, will track the evolution of the experimental qualities of the theater as well as give special attention to the ways in which political and historical discourses are adapted for the stage. Part of the course will include recitation of scenes.
328. Don Quijote
John Turner T 2:30 - 3:55, TH 2:30 - 3:55 Sills-207
Study of the text of Cervantes�s seminal work in its historical and cultural context and consideration of some of its interpretations, in Spain and elsewhere.

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