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Spring 2006 Courses

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101. Elementary Spanish I
Candice Bosse M 8:30 - 9:25, W 8:30 - 9:25, F 8:30 - 9:25
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
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
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
Carolyn Wolfenzon M 11:30 - 12:55, W 11:30 - 12:55
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
John Turner T 10:00 - 11:25, TH 10:00 - 11:25
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 11:30 - 12:55, TH 11:30 - 12:55
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
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. Students who have taken a 300-level Spanish course may not take this course.
209. Introduction to the Study and Criticism of Medieval and Early Modern Hispanic Literature
John Turner T 2:30 - 3:55, TH 2:30 - 3:55
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.
327. Reading Spanish Film
Elena Cueto-Asin M 2:30 - 3:55, W 2:30 - 3:55
A panoramic study of the film traditions of Spain from their origins in 1896 to the most recent trends, including directors from Luis Bunuel to Pedro Almod�var. Narrative notions of film semiotics are applied to read Spanish film as a literary and artistic manifestation of tendencies such as surrealism, social realism, tremendism, etc., and in connection with political and social phases of the modern history of Spain (the Republic, the Civil War, the Franco regime, and the transition to democracy). In addition to regular class sessions, attendance at weekly film screenings is required.
331. US-Latino Literature in Spanish
Enrique Yepes W 6:30 - 9:25
An introduction to the literary production of US-based authors of Hispanic origin. Topics include an historical overview of the diverse Hispanic presence in North America from the 16th century to the present and its tense dialogue with Latin America. Works by �lvarez, Anzald�a, Cisneros, Hinojosa, Ortiz-Cofer, Paz-Sold�n, P�rez-Firmat, Vald�s, and Villanueva, among others. Prerequisite: Spanish 205 or permission of the instructor.
339. Borges and the Borgesian
Gustavo Faveron-Patriau T 6:30 - 9:25
An examination of the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges�s work. This course will focus not only on Borges�s short stories, poems, essays, film scripts, interviews, and cinematic adaptations, but also on the writers who had a particular influencce on Borges�s work, as well as on Latin American, European, and US writers who were later influenced by the Argentinian master. An organizing concept for the course will be Borges�s idea that "a writer creates his own precursors. His work modifies our conception of the past, as it will modify the future".

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