SPANISH

CRN

 10067

Distribution

 D

Course No.

 SPAN 110

Title

Accelerated Spanish

Professor

 Lourdes Alvarez

Schedule

 Mon Tu Wed Th 8:50 am - 9:50 am
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.

CRN

 10068

Distribution

 D

Course No.

 SPAN 201

Title

Intermediate Spanish I

Professor

 Aranzazu Borrachero

Schedule

 Tu Th 10:20 am - 11:20 am OLIN 101

Wed Fri 10:20 am - 11:20 am LC 210
For students who have completed Spanish 101-102. 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.

CRN

 10073

Distribution

 D

Course No.

 SPAN 202

Title

Intermediate Spanish II

Professor

 Melanie Nicholson

Schedule

 Mon Tu Wed Th 8:50 am - 9:50 am LC 208
This course continues refining and perfecting the student's mastery of speaking, reading, comprehending and writing Spanish. The textbook, which focuses on advanced topics in syntax as well as building vocabulary and idiomatic expressions, is supplemented by a variety of authentic readings, including several full-length modern novels. We will also be working with audio and video materials from Spain and Latin America. The course also serves to expand the student's understanding of the richness and variety of Hispanic cultures in Latin America, Spain and in the United States.

Prerequisites: Spanish 201 or consent of instructor.

CRN

 10434

Distribution

 B/D

Course No.

 SPAN 225

Title

Contemporary Latin American Theater

Professor

 Lourdes Alvarez

Schedule

 Tu Th 11:30 am - 12:50 pm OLIN 310

Related interest: MES

This course will focus on textual analysis and dramatization of plays from various Latin American countries. Its purpose is to provide students with essential knowledge of Latin American theater and culture while improving their grammar and diction. Authors will include Dragun, Castellanos, Buenaventura, Pavlovski, and Gorostiza. Grades will be based on both oral and written work. Conducted in Spanish.

CRN

 10069

Distribution

 B/D

Course No.

 SPAN 340

Title

Cervantes' Don Quijote

Professor

 Lourdes Alvarez

Schedule

 Wed 10:30 am - 12:50 pm OLIN 302
Cervantes' Don Quijote was perhaps the first European bestseller, widely translated and reprinted within a few years of its original publication in Spanish. Despite a royal prohibition on importing fictional works to the New World, it was smuggled there in large quantities. An enterprising imitator published a false sequel and Cervantes was forced to kill off his would-be knight in the second volume. In his playful experimentation with narrative structure, biting satire of Renaissance literary form such as the pastoral, Byzantine and picaresque novels and the novela de caballeria, Cervantes explored the transformative powers of the imagination and created what has often been called the first "modern" novel. In this course we will read Cervantes' Don Quijote as well as some of his Novelas ejemplares and Entremeses and attempt to define his theory of the novel and its impact on European literature. Conducted in Spanish. Prerequisite: Interpretation of Hispanic Texts.

CRN

 10070

Distribution

 B/D

Course No.

 SPAN 347

Title

Literature and Revolution in Latin America

Professor

 Aranzazu Borrachero

Schedule

 Tu Th 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm LC 208

Cross-listed: LAIS

The Latin American author has been characterized by many critics as one who does not shun the political potential of writing. However, the manner in which this political commitment finds its way in the texts of the twentieth century varies widely among writers. Far from being a direct depiction of reality, much of the twentieth century literature of Latin America has developed into an artistic, innovative and profound reflection on violence and the politics of power. This course will take a close look at the "manner of the telling" of writers who have approached the political implications of literature from their own specific circumstances of class, gender and race. It will include the poetry, prose or drama of authors such as Rosario Castellanos, Miguel Angel Asturias, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Alicia Partnoy, Gioconda Belli, Reinaldo Arenas and Griselda Gambaro.

CRN

 10180

Distribution

 B/D

Course No.

 SPAN 356 Upper College Seminar

Title

Workshop in Spanish Literary Translation

Professor

 Melanie Nicholson

Schedule

 Mon 1:30 pm - 3:50 pm OLIN 310
This course is designed for students who have completed at least two years of college Spanish. A thorough knowledge of Spanish grammar and a broad vocabulary in Spanish are considered to be prerequisites. Theoretical texts concerning translation will be discussed as a basis for every class meeting, and students will be required to write short reaction papers in Spanish. The first half of the semester will be dedicated to translation of brief texts from various genres, pre-selected by the professor. During the second half of the semester, students will choose their own longer texts to translate. The main intent of this course is to encourage a thoughtful examination of literary language as it manifests itself across linguistic and cultural boundaries.

Conducted primarily in Spanish.