Course	SPAN 110 Accelerated Spanish
Professor	Jose Fernandez Castillo
CRN	18081
Schedule	M T W Th 9:20 - 10:20 am Olin L.C. 120
Distribution	Foreign Language, Literature, and 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. Prospective students must speak with instructor prior to registration. On-line registration

Course	SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish I
Professor	Melanie Nicholson
CRN	18082
Schedule	M T W Th 9:20 - 10:20 am Olin L.C. 210
Distribution	Foreign Language, Literature, and Culture

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. On-line registration

Course	SPAN 202 Intermediate Spanish II
Professor	TBA
CRN	18086
Schedule	M T W Th 9:20 - 10:20 am
Distribution	Foreign Language, Literature, and Culture

Cross-listed: LAIS

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	ARTH / SPAN 239 Surrealism in Latin American Literature & Art
Professor	Melanie Nicholson / Susan Aberth
CRN	18083
Schedule	Mon Wed 1:30 -2:50 pm Olin 202
Distribution	Analysis of Art/ Rethinking Difference

Cross-listed: LAIS

André Breton, founder and leader of the Surrealist Movement, first visited Mexico in 1938 and the Caribbean in 1941. Politically supportive of Latin America’s struggle against European imperialism, Breton was deeply interested in both its art and culture, and had a large personal collection of ethnographic artifacts. Surrealist journals and artists extolled “primitive” mythologies and were captivated by such “exotic” artists as Frida Kahlo and Wifredo Lam. This course plans to explore two areas: the rich and varied field of surrealism in both literature and the arts of Latin America and, to question the Surrealist fascination with non-Western culture. As numerous critics have noted, surrealism came alive in Latin America at the moment when it was waning in Europe, and continued to develop throughout the twentieth century. By looking through the double lens of art and literature, we will tease out answers to such questions as: What geographical, political, and/or social factors contributed to the widespread growth of Surrealism in Latin America? In what ways did cross-fertilization take place among the countries of Latin America, and between these countries and Europe? Did Latin American artists always feel comfortable being labeled “Surrealist” or was it viewed as another form of colonization? In what ways did the European Surrealists project their fantasies regarding the psychic power of the “primitive” onto Latin American creative production? Finally, we will examine the ways in which Surrealism and its influences survive in contemporary cultural production. On-line registration

Course	SPAN 260 Writing Wrongs: The Literature of the Spanish Civil War
Professor	Gabriela Carrion
CRN	18084
Schedule	Mon Wed 10:30 – 11:50 am OLIN L.C. 120
Distribution	Foreign Language, Literature, and Culture

Cross-listed: Human Rights

Perhaps no other event in Spain’s history has provoked more commentary than its Civil War (1936-1939). A conflict that took on international proportions, Spain’s Civil War was preceded by a number of promising social experiments and followed by an extended period of repression under Franco. Out of this period of social turmoil arose a number of artistic works ranging from Pablo Picasso’s Guernica to Robert Capa’s photographs documenting the war. This course focuses on the ways in which literary texts represent the events surrounding the Spanish Civil War. How do writers make sense of the senseless acts of violence that divided Spain into various ideological factions? What are some of the ethical concerns one encounters when representing war and its victims? And what are some of the issues involved in more recent attempts to remember victims of the war, regardless of their ideological affiliation? While we will focus on literary works in Spanish, we will also take into other artistic mediums such as painting and film, as well as accounts of the war from non-Spanish writers. Authors include: Camilo José Cela, Ramón J. Sender, Mercé Rodoreda, Pablo Neruda, and Javier Cercas. Conducted in Spanish. On-line registration

Course	SPAN 302 Introduction to Latin American Literature
Professor	TBA
CRN	18087
Schedule	Mon Wed 3:00- 4:20 pm Olin 301
Distribution	Foreign Language, Literature, and 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 316 Seminar in Latin American Literature
Professor	TBA
CRN	18088
Schedule	Tu Th 4:00 – 5:20 pm OLIN L.C 210
Distribution	Foreign Language, Literature, and Culture

On-line registration

Course	SPAN 339 Staging Marriage in the Spanish Drama
Professor	Gabriela Carrion
CRN	18270
Schedule	Mon Wed 3:00- 4:20 pm Olin 307
Distribution	Foreign Language, Literature, and Culture

Cross-listed: Gender and Sexuality Studies

Stanley Cavell describes marriage as “a certain willingness for bickering” that strikes him as “a little parable of philosophy or of philosophical criticism.” How do Spanish playwrights reenact this “parable of philosophy” in their works?  In what ways does the Spanish drama confirm or subvert the social conventions governing the institution of marriage? Why does wooing and wedding tend to be funny while being married inevitably lead to tragedy? Cuckolds, permanent bachelors (galán suelto), don Juans, educated women (culta latiniparla), wife murderers and defiant wives are some of the stock characters who are defined by their relationship to the conjugal bond.  This course will examine these characters and the questions raised by the insitution of marriage in the works of Lope de Rueda, Lope de Vega, Tirso, Cervantes, Calderón and Sor Juana, among others.  Conducted in Spanish. On-line registration