Course:

SPAN 106  Basic Intensive Spanish

Professor:

Patricia Lopez-Gay  

CRN:

90228

Schedule:

Mon Tue  Thurs    10:40 AM - 12:40 PM Olin Languages Center 115

               Wed           9:40 AM - 11:40 AM Olin Languages Center 115

Distributional Area:

FL Foreign Languages and Lit

Class cap:

22

Credits:

8

Cross-listed:  Latin American/Iberian Studies

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.

 

Course:

SPAN 201  Intermediate Spanish I

Professor:

Nicole Caso  

CRN:

90229

Schedule:

Mon Tue  Thurs    12:10 PM - 1:30 PM Olin Languages Center 208

Distributional Area:

FL Foreign Languages and Lit

Class cap:

20

Credits:

4

Cross-listed:  Latin American/Iberian Studies

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. Permission of the instructor required for students who have not completed Spanish 106 or 110 at Bard.

 

Course:

SPAN 202  Intermediate Spanish II

Professor:

John Burns  

CRN:

90509

Schedule:

Mon Tue  Thurs    12:10 PM - 1:30 PM Olin 304

Distributional Area:

FL Foreign Languages and Lit

Class cap:

15

Credits:

4

Cross-listed:  Latin American/Iberian Studies

This course continues refining the student's mastery of the four basic skills in Spanish at a post-intermediate level. The textbook offers an integration of literature, culture, and film. Our study of both visual and written texts focuses on critical thinking, interpretation, speaking, and writing skills. Prerequisite: Spanish 201 or equivalent; permission of instructor required for those who have not completed 201 at Bard.

 

Course:

SPAN 223  Cultures and Societies of Latin America and Spain

Professor:

Melanie Nicholson  

CRN:

90231

Schedule:

Mon  Wed     10:20 AM - 11:40 AM Olin 305

Distributional Area:

FL Foreign Languages and Lit

Class cap:

18

Credits:

4

Cross-listed:  Latin American/Iberian Studies

The Spanish speaking world comprises a rich variety of cultures that have historically been in dialogue as well as in resistance--continuously informing each other over the centuries. This course focuses on key moments and events that have defined the multi-faceted societies of Spain and Latin America. Broadly interdisciplinary in nature, it is an introduction to the historical development of a plurality of Hispanic societies, cultures, and politics. Special emphasis is placed on elements such as social movements, questions of race and ethnicity, (post)modernity, constructions of gender and sexuality, and national and diasporic identities. Conducted in Spanish. Prerequisites: Spanish 202 or prior approval by instructor.

 

Course:

SPAN 241  20th Century Spanish American Short Story

Professor:

John Burns  

CRN:

90267

Schedule:

 Tue  Thurs    2:00 PM - 3:20 PM Aspinwall 302

Distributional Area:

FL Foreign Languages and Lit

Class cap:

22

Credits:

4

Cross-listed:  Latin American/Iberian Studies; Literature

The 20th Century Spanish American short story embodies cultural traditions and literary currents unique to the American continent and encapsulates important philosophical discussions that resonate in contexts far beyond the region. This course explores the major themes and styles of short stories by key Spanish American writers in English translation.These authors include Jorge Luis Borges, MarÍa Luisa Bombal, Juan Rulfo, Elena Garro, Gabriel GarcÍa Márquez, Luisa Valenzuela and Roberto Bolaà±o, among others. We will examine detective fiction, fantastic literature and examples of magical realism, as well as writing that explores politics, the effects of colonial history on the present and representations of desire and gender relationships. Conducted in English.

 

Course:

SPAN 302  Introduction to Latin American Literature

Professor:

Melanie Nicholson  

CRN:

90232

Schedule:

 Tue  Thurs    10:20 AM - 11:40 AM Olin Languages Center 120

Distributional Area:

FL Foreign Languages and Lit

Class cap:

18

Credits:

4

Cross-listed:  Latin American/Iberian Studies

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. In order to make sense of the broad chronological and geographical span of this literature, we will focus on seven separate modules, each highlighting a core moment or key figure in the development of Latin American culture. This course is intended to prepare students for more advanced and specialized seminars in Hispanic literature. Attention is paid to the expression of complex thought in response to literary texts, both verbally and in writing. Conducted in Spanish.

 

Course:

SPAN 352  Mapping the City in Latin American Literature

Professor:

Nicole Caso  

CRN:

90233

Schedule:

 Tue  Thurs    2:00 PM - 3:20 PM Olin Languages Center 208

Distributional Area:

FL Foreign Languages and Lit

Class cap:

14

Credits:

4

Latin American cities have often been the site where received codes from abroad are both imitated and rearticulated based on local particularities.  In this course we will read several twentieth-century texts that address the many tensions that arise in the process of modernization in the region.  We will pay close attention to considerations of centers and margins, inclusions and exclusions, feelings of alienation and, ultimately, a search for community.  We will explore how the danger of state violence enters domestic spaces, the role of mass media in shaping local culture, and the effects of globalization on identity formation.  Among the authors we will read are Carlos Fuentes from Mexico, Roberto Arlt from Argentina, Fernando Vallejo from Colombia, Mario Vargas Llosa from Perú, and Diamela Eltit from Chile.  Conducted in Spanish.