Course	SPAN 110 Accelerated Spanish
Professor	Jose Fernandez Castillo
CRN	17437
Schedule	M T W Th 9:20- 10:20 am Olin LC 206
Distribution	OLD: D	NEW: Foreign Language, Literature & Culture

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. On-line registration

Course	SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish I
Professor	Gabriela Carrion
CRN	17438
Schedule	M T W Th 10:30- 11:30 am Olin LC 208
Distribution	OLD: D	NEW: Foreign Language, Literature & Culture

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.

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Course	SPAN 202 Intermediate Spanish II
Professor	Melanie Nicholson
CRN	17441
Schedule	M T W Th 9:20- 10:20 am Olin LC 120
Distribution	OLD: D	NEW: Foreign Language, Literature & Culture

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. On-line registration

Course	SPAN 235 The Moral of the Story
Professor	Gabriela Carrion
CRN	17439
Schedule	Mon Wed 1:30-2:50 pm Olin LC 206
Distribution	OLD: B	NEW: Foreign Language, Literature & Culture

Stories in Medieval Spanish literature often claim to teach rather than entertain the reader. Even in these early examples, however, it is not always clear whether the “moral” of the story is lost to the sheer pleasure of the text. Often, the most compelling stories do not possess clear-cut lessons, but seduce the reader through their fictions. Part of this seduction may, in fact, consist of the rather ambiguous “morality” these stories convey. As early as the fourteenth century, don Juan Manuel suggests that by adding more “sugar or honey” (açúcar o miel) to a story, its lesson becomes more palatable. The tension between didactic and aesthetic imperatives thus provides a framework with which to examine a wide range of short stories and to think about the function of art in general. Some of the subjects we will explore in this course include the relationship between the storyteller and the audience; the difference between reading aloud and silent reading; variations of the short story including fables, enxiemplos, novellas, and microrelatos. Some of the writers include don Juan Manuel, Miguel de Cervantes, Mariano Joséde Larra, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Pío Baroja, Ignacio Aldecoa, and Ana María Matute. On-line registration

Course	SPAN 302 Introduction to Latin American Literature
Professor	Nicole Caso
CRN	17440
Schedule	Tu Th 2:30-3:50 pm Olin LC 206
Distribution	OLD: B	NEW: Foreign Language, Literature & Culture

LAIS Core Course

This course serves as an introduction to the interpretation of literary texts from Latin America. It covers a broad range historically—from pre-Conquest times to the present—and presents all literary genres, including poetry, short stories, novels, essays, and plays. This course is intended to prepare students for more advanced and specialized courses in Hispanic literature. A great deal of attention is paid to the development of critical skills, both verbally and in writing. Frequent essays with revisions; class discussions and presentations. Please note: Spanish 301 or 302 are prerequisites for all 300-level literature seminars in Spanish. Prospective students must speak with instructor prior to registration. On-line registration

Course	SPAN 423 Literature of the Conquest
Professor	Melanie Nicholson
CRN	17675
Schedule	Tu Th 1:00-2:20 pm Olin LC 206
Distribution	OLD: B/D	NEW: Foreign Language, Literature & Culture

Cross-listed: LAIS

Through reading and discussion of selections (in Spanish) from texts written by indigenous and European writers during the first century of the Spanish conquest, this course explores such questions as: How did Native Americans find a place within their established belief systems for these often brutal strangers? How did the Spaniards find a language, a mode of expression adequate to the utterly new reality that confronted them? Upon what ideological foundations did the Europeans base their treatment of the indigenous populations, and to what extent were those ideologies contested among the conquistadors themselves? Finally, we will establish links between the recorded experiences of the Conquest and present-day texts by writers such as Carlos Fuentes, Mario Vargas Llosa, Rosario Castellanos, and Octavio Paz. On-line registration