11140

SPAN 110 Accelerated First Year Spanish

Anna Cafaro

M T W Th .

9:20 - 10:20 am

OLINLC 115

FLLC

Cross-listed: LAIS A first-year 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). The course will 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.

11142

SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish I

Gabriela Carrion

. T W Th F

9:20 - 10:20 am

OLINLC 120

FLLC

Cross-listed: LAIS 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.

11144	SPAN 202 Intermediate Spanish II	Nicole Caso	M . W . .	10:30 - 11:30 am	OLINLC 208	FLLC
			. T . Th .	10:30 - 11:30 am	OLIN 205

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.

11145

SPAN 211 Spanish for Heritage Speakers

Nicole Caso

M . W . .

1:30 -2:50 pm

OLIN 201

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.

11139

SPAN 302 Introduction to Latin American Literature.

Melanie Nicholson

. T . Th .

9:00 - 10:20 am

OLINLC 208

FLLC

Cross-listed: LAIS 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.  

11141

SPAN / LIT 323 The Twentieth-Century Latin-American Novel

Melanie Nicholson

M . . . .

1:30 -3:50 pm

OLIN 107

ELIT

Cross-listed: LAIS With the publication of works such as Julio Cortázar's Rayuela [Hopscotch, 1963] and Gabriel García Márquez´s Cien años de soledad [One Hundred Years of Solitude, 1967], the Latin American novel achieved an international reputation and readership. This course begins by analyzing several novels of the "Boom" period to determine the reasons behind their critical acclaim and popular appeal. In particular, the phenomenon of magical realism is examined as a key element in the "globalization" of Latin American prose. We will also read novels from the "post-Boom," examining the relationship of these works to theoretical articulations of postmodernism and feminism. Authors may include Allende, Arenas, Asturias, Carpentier, Cortázar, Ferré, Fuentes, García Márquez, Peri Rossi, Puig, Skármeta, and Valenzuela. Conducted in English, with concurrent reading tutorial in Spanish.

11146

SPAN 334 “The Sweet Waist of the Americas”: Introduction to Central American Literature

Nicole Caso

. T . Th .

1:00 -2:20 pm

OLIN 306

FLLC

Cross-listed: LAIS Referred to as “the little thumb” of the hemisphere, “the sweet waist of America,” or as “the dubious strait,” the Central American isthmus and its literature will be the central focus of this course.  We will read a selection of twentieth-century authors from the region in order to familiarize students with texts that are often marginalized from the Latin American canon.  We will explore particular aesthetic and ideological concerns and situate our readings within the violent political and historical context that often becomes, in itself, a recurring theme in Central American fiction.  Among the authors we will read are Miguel Angel Asturias, Gioconda Belli, Roque Dalton, Tatiana Lobo, and Sergio Ramírez. Conducted in Spanish. Prerequisite: Spanish 301 or 302. Prospective students must speak with instructor prior to registration.