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Spanish

Fall 2009

Courses

101. Elementary Spanish I: Esmeralda Ulloa M 8:30 - 9:25, W 8:30 - 9:25, F 8:30 - 9:25 Adams-114; 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 one year 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-205; 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: Gustavo Faveron-Patriau M 11:30 - 12:25, W 11:30 - 12:25, F 11:30 - 12:25 HL-311 (third floor); 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.
204. Intermediate Spanish II: Nadia Celis M 10:30 - 11:25, W 10:30 - 11:25, F 10:30 - 11:25 Adams-406; Three class hours per week and one weekly conversation session with the assistant. Grammar fundamentals are reviewed. Class conversation and written assignments are based on readings in modern literature.
205. Advanced Spanish: John Turner T 10:00 - 11:25, TH 10:00 - 11:25 Druckenmiller-024; 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: Elena Cueto-Asin M 1:00 - 2:25, W 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: Enrique Yepes 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.
209. Introduction to Hispanic Studies: Poetry and Theater: John Turner T 1:00 - 2:25, TH 1:00 - 2:25 Sills-109; A chronological introduction to the cultural production of the Spanish-speaking world from Pre-Columbian times to the present, with particular emphasis on the analysis of poetry and theater. Examines major literary works and movements in their historical and cultural context. One weekly workshop with assistant in addition to class time. Conducted in Spanish.
210. Introduction to Hispanic Studies: Essay and Narrative: Carolyne Wolfenzon Niego M 11:30 - 12:55, W 11:30 - 12:55 Sills-205; A chronological introduction to the cultural production of the Spanish-speaking world from Pre-Columbian times to the present, with particular emphasis on the analysis of essay and narrative. Examines major literary works and movements in their historical and cultural context.
301. Contemporary Spain: Diversity, Tradition, Change: Elena Cueto-Asin M 10:00 - 11:25, W 10:00 - 11:25 The Hazelton Room (Kanbar 109); A study of contemporary Spain through the analysis of a wide array of texts (essay, press, film, advertisement, music, etc.), aimed at understanding the complexities of a society and culture as determined by geographical, linguistic, and ethnic diversity, and by forces of history and tradition vis-Ã -vis modernity and political change. Conducted in Spanish.
315. Engaging Nerudaâ€™s Canto General: Enrique Yepes T 2:30 - 3:55, TH 2:30 - 3:55 Sills-207; Delves into Latin Americaâ€™s most renowned twentieth-century epic poem as it engages history, geography, aesthetics, subjectivity, gender, and a post-colonial gaze. Close reading of the book meshes with the study of its intellectual breeding ground and follow-up in diverse media. Examines precursors, enthusiasts, and challengers in poetry by Alonso de Ercilla, AndrÃ©s Bello, Ernesto Cardenal, MartÃn AdÃ¡n, and Elicura Chihuailaf; in visual arts by the Mexican muralists and MartÃn Chambi; in music by Silvestre Revueltas, Peter Schat, and the Nueva CanciÃ³n movement; and in narrative by HernÃ¡n CortÃ©s and Eduardo Galeano, among others. Conducted in Spanish.
318. A Journey around Macondo: GarcÃa MÃ¡rquez and His Contemporaries: Nadia Celis M 2:30 - 3:55, W 2:30 - 3:55 Sills-207; Studies the main topics, techniques, and contributions of Colombian Nobel Prize winner Gabriel GarcÃa MÃ¡rquez as presented in "One Hundred Years of Solitude." Explores the actual locations, social, and cultural trends that inspired the creation of Macondo, the so-called â€œvillage of the worldâ€ where the novel takes place, and the universal themes to which this imaginary town relates. His work is read in connection with other contemporary writers who were part of the intellectual climate in which the novel was written, such as JosÃ© FÃ©lix Fuenmayor, Ãlvaro Cepeda Samudio, and HÃ©ctor Rojas Herazo. Conducted in Spanish.
319. Letters from the Asylum: Madness and Representation in Latin American Fiction: Gustavo Faveron-Patriau M 6:30 - 9:25 Edward Pols House-Conf Room; Explores the concept of madness and the varying ways in which mental illness has been represented in twentieth-century Latin American fiction. Readings include short stories and novels dealing with the issues of schizophrenia, paranoia, and psychotic behavior by authors such as Horacio Quiroga, Jorge Luis Borges, Cristina Rivera Garza, and Carlos Fuentes. Also studies the ways in which certain authors draw from the language and symptoms of schizophrenia and paranoia in order to construct the narrative structure of their works and in order to enhance their representation of social, political, and historical conjunctures. Authors include Diamela Eltit, Ricardo Piglia, CÃ©sar Aira, and Roberto BolaÃ±o.