98200

98200

SPAN 106 Basic Intensive Spanish

Melanie Nicholson

M T W Th

9:20 - 10:20 am

10:45 - 11:45 am

OLINLC 208

FLLC

8 credits. This course is designed to enable students with little or no previous knowledge of Spanish to complete three semesters of college Spanish in five months (eight credits at Bard and four credits in Mexico in January). Students will attend eight hours of class per week plus two hours with the Spanish tutor. Oral communication, reading and writing skills will be developed through a variety of approaches. Prospective students must interview with the instructor prior to registration.

98198

SPAN 110 Accelerated First Year Spanish

TBA / Melanie Nicholson

. T W Th F

9:20 - 10:20 am

OLINLC 120

FLLC

A course designed for the student who has had some prior exposure to Spanish or who has excellent command of another Romance language. All the major topics in grammar will be covered, and the course will provide intensive practice in the four skills (speaking, comprehension, reading and writing). We will be using a new textbook specially designed to provide a streamlined review of basic topics in grammar and provide more detail and exercises for advanced topics. The textbook will be supplemented with authentic video material from Spain and 'Latin America. One additional hour per week of practice with the Spanish tutor and a substantial amount of work in the language resource center will also be required. The course will prepare the student for summer language programs abroad or Spanish 201 the following semester. Prospective students must speak with instructor prior to registration.

98412

SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish I

Gabriela Carrion

M T W Th .

10:30 - 11:30 am

OLINLC 210

FLLC

For students who have completed Spanish 106, 110, or the equivalent ( two or three solid years of high school Spanish). This course is designed to perfect the student's command of all four language skills (speaking, aural comprehension, reading, and writing). This will be achieved through an intensive grammar review, conversational practice, reading of modern Spanish texts, writing simple compositions, and language lab work. Prospective students must speak with instructor prior to registration.

98197

SPAN 202 Intermediate Spanish II

Nicole Caso

M T W Th .

10:30 - 11:30 am

OLIN 310

FLLC

Cross-listed: LAIS (core course) This course continues refining and perfecting the student’s mastery of speaking, reading, comprehending, and writing Spanish. Advanced study of grammar is supplemented by a video series and authentic readings on a wide variety of topics related to Spanish and Latin American history, literature, music, and art. Current topics in culture such as the Latin American military dictatorships or issues surrounding the Hispanic presence in the United States will be discussed. In addition to shorter readings, such as excerpts from Don Quixote and indigenous Mexican poetry, students may read a short modern novel. Prerequisite: Spanish 201 or permission of instructor. Prospective students must speak with instructor prior to registration.

98196

SPAN 211 Spanish for Bilinguals

Nicole Caso

M . W . .

12:00 -1:20 pm

OLINLC 118

FLLC

This course is for students who have been exposed to Spanish at home and wish to achieve confidence in speaking, writing, and reading the language. Grammar study capitalizes on prior contact with the language and allows more rapid progress than in a standard setting. We will emphasize written composition, accelerated grammar review, and the discussion of issues pertinent to Hispanic cultures. Prospective students must speak with instructor prior to registration.

98413

SPAN 301 Introduction to Spanish Literature

Gabriela Carrion

M . W . .

1:30 -2:50 pm

OLINLC 206

FLLC

This course provides an introduction to Spanish literature through a variety of genres including poetry, short stories, novels, dramas, and essays. We will begin in the 11^th century when the first literary texts known as jarchas were written, and continue through to the vanguards of the twentieth century. Discussions will take into account the historical and cultural contexts in which these texts were produced in order to provide students with a greater understanding of Spanish culture. We will also explore other artistic contributions from the fields of music, painting, and film. Students will read texts in the original with special attention given to close readings. Apart from class discussions, students will respond to these texts in both analytical and creative writing assignments. Writers include Gonzalo de Berceo, Miguel de Cervantes, Teresa de Jesús, Lope de Vega, Benito Pérez Galdós, Ramón del Valle-Inclán, and Federico García Lorca, among others. Conducted in Spanish.

98201

SPAN 315 20th-Century Mexican

Literature

Melanie Nicholson

M.W..

. . . . F

1:30-2:50 pm

10:30 - 11:30 am

OLINLC 210

FLLC

Cross-listed: LAIS This course will follow a more or less chronological trajectory, beginning with the novel of the Mexican Revolution and ending with contemporary poetry. In addition to novels and poetry, we will read short stories, essays, and drama. (We will also examine certain works of art and music that share thematic concerns with the literature in question.) The common thread of our inquiries will be the notion of “La Mexicanidad” or authentic Mexicanness that was the central preoccupation of writers from Octavio Paz to Carlos Fuentes. Among other social, political, and metaphysical questions, the rise of mestizaje as a unifying force, with the concomitant devaluation of the purely indigenous, will be examined. This is a writing intensive course. Students will spend an extra hour a week in a writing lab. The writing component will focus on helping students to develop, compose, organize, revise, and edit analytical prose; to develop the ability to identify and articulate a thesis; to construct an argument; to collect and present evidence and documentation; to interpret and analyze texts; and to become proficient in the mechanics of writing, revision, grammar, and editing. Regular short writing assignments will be required. Conducted in Spanish (writing lab in English). Prerequisite: Spanish 301 or 302, or by permission of instructor.

98199

SPAN / ANTH 349 Crafting Mayan Identities: Negotiating Tradition and Modernity

Nicole Caso

. T . Th .

2:30 -3:50 pm

OLINLC 208

FLLC

Cross-listed: Anthropology, Human Rights, LAIS What does it mean to be Maya today and what has it meant in the past? Using materials from Guatemala and southern Mexico, this course will attempt to approach this question from many different angles. We will draw from the fields of literature, anthropology, and history to address the complexity of the issue. Extreme historical circumstances have forced indigenous communities to rethink how best to preserve their ways of life while participating in the modern state as a site to promote their particular needs. Such repressive circumstances include the political and economic marginalization that culminated in the Zapatista rebellion of 1994 in southern Mexico, the extended period of state-sponsored violence directed against the Maya communities in Guatemala, and the numerous Maya exiles displaced during this period. As part of this process, the circulation of oral stories and the re-reading of pre-colonial texts, such as the Popol Vuh or the Rabinal Achi, have been instrumental in negotiating the current perception of Mayan identities. We will read selections from these texts as well as contemporary Mayan novels, poetry and testimonies of Victor Montejo, Humberto Ak’abal, Gaspar Pedro González and Rigoberta Menchú among others. Framed by ethnographic materials and the work of various social scientists including Diane Nelson, June Nash, John M. Watanabe and Edward F. Fischer, we will consider many different approaches to identity formation and discuss how Mayan intellectuals and others tend to define what it means to be Maya in contemporary society. Conducted in English.