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Fall 2007 Courses

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101. Elementary Spanish I
Eugenia Wheelwright M 9:30 - 10:25, W 9:30 - 10:25, F 9:30 - 10:25 Sills-207
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. Spanish 101 is open to first- and second-year students who have had less than two years of high school Spanish.

203. Intermediate Spanish I
Carolyne Wolfenzon Niego 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
Carolyne Wolfenzon Niego M 10:30 - 11:25, W 10:30 - 11:25, F 10:30 - 11:25 Sills-207
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-207
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
Nadia Celis T 10:00 - 11:25, TH 10:00 - 11:25 Sills-109
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
Nadia Celis T 1:00 - 2:25, TH 1:00 - 2:25 Sills-207
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 M 1:00 - 2:25, W 1:00 - 2:25 Mass-Faculty Room
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-205
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.Not open to students who have credit for a 300-level course in Spanish.

209. Introduction to the Study and Criticism of Medieval and Early Modern Hispanic Literature
John Turner M 2:30 - 3:55, W 2:30 - 3:55 Sills-109
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.

325. Spanish Civil War in Literature and Film
Elena Cueto-Asin M 2:30 - 3:55, W 2:30 - 3:55 Sills-205
The Spanish Civil War is examined as it has been represented in a variety of literary and audiovisual genres (novel, poetry, drama, essay, documentary, photography, cinema) that span seven decades of cultural production. All are driven by a similar desire to interpret, explain, and come to terms with this singular historical event and its traumatic impact on Spanish society.

332. Poetry and Social Activism in Latin America
Enrique Yepes T 6:30 - 9:25 Sills-205
Considers the aesthetic and thematic problems posed by socially committed poetry during the last 100 years in Spanish America, from the avant-garde to the present. Authors include Mistral, Vallejo, Neruda, Guillén, Cardenal, Belli, and Dalton, among others.

332. Poetry and Social Activism in Latin America
Enrique Yepes W 6:30 - 9:25 Kanbar Hall-109
Considers the aesthetic and thematic problems posed by socially committed poetry during the last 100 years in Spanish America, from the avant-garde to the present. Authors include Mistral, Vallejo, Neruda, Guillén, Cardenal, Belli, and Dalton, among others.

338. Shining Path and the End of the World
Gustavo Faveron-Patriau T 2:30 - 3:55, TH 2:30 - 3:55 Sills-209
Examines terrorism and the way it is represented in literature and the arts through the study of one particular case—the war between the State and the “Shining Path” Maoist guerrilla that has taken place in Peru during the last three decades. Authors include Mario Vargas Llosa, Fernando Ampuero, Julio Ortega, Alonso Cueto, Daniel Alarcón, as well as filmmakers such as Josué Mendes, Francisco Lombardi, Pamela Yates, and John Malkovich.